Metaplastic breast carcinomas exhibit EGFR, but not HER2, gene amplification and overexpression: immunohistochemical and chromogenic in situ hybridization analysis.

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Published in Breast Cancer Res on October 25, 2005

Authors

Jorge S Reis-Filho1, Fernanda Milanezi, Silvia Carvalho, Pete T Simpson, Dawn Steele, Kay Savage, Maryou B K Lambros, Emilio M Pereira, Jahn M Nesland, Sunil R Lakhani, Fernando C Schmitt

Author Affiliations

1: The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK. jorgerf@icr.ac.uk

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