Assessing HER2 testing quality in breast cancer: variables that influence HER2 positivity rate from a large, multicenter, observational study in Germany.

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Published in Mod Pathol on October 21, 2016

Authors

Josef Rüschoff1, Annette Lebeau2, Hans Kreipe3, Peter Sinn4, Claus Dieter Gerharz5, Winfried Koch6, Stefanie Morris7, Johannes Ammann7, Michael Untch8, Nicht-interventionelle Untersuchung (NIU) HER2 Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Institut für Pathologie Nordhessen and Targos Molecular Pathology GmbH, Kassel, Germany.
2: Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Gemeinschaftspraxis für Pathologie, Lübeck, Germany.
3: Institut für Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
4: Sektion Gynäkopathologie, Pathologische Institut, Heidelberg, Germany.
5: Institute of Pathology, Evangelical Bethesda Clinical Center, Duisburg, Germany.
6: Biostatistical Data Services Koch, Schwetzingen, Germany.
7: Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany.
8: Clinic for Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, and Obstetrics, Breast Cancer Center, Berlin, Germany.

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