[HTML][HTML] Current issues in ER and HER2 testing by IHC in breast cancer

AM Gown - Modern pathology, 2008 - Elsevier
The presence of estrogen receptors (ERs), as detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC), is a
weak prognostic marker of clinical outcome in breast cancer, but a strong predictive marker …

ImmunoRatio: a publicly available web application for quantitative image analysis of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and Ki-67

VJ Tuominen, S Ruotoistenmäki, A Viitanen… - Breast cancer …, 2010 - Springer
Introduction Accurate assessment of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR),
and Ki-67 is essential in the histopathologic diagnostics of breast cancer. Commercially …

Quantitative imaging of estrogen receptor expression in breast cancer with PET and 18F-fluoroestradiol

LM Peterson, DA Mankoff, T Lawton… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
The PET compound 18F-fluoroestradiol (18F-FES) has been developed and tested as an
agent for the imaging of estrogen receptor (ER) expression in vivo. 18F-FES uptake has …

Systematic review on hormone receptor testing in breast cancer

S Nofech-Mozes, ET Vella, S Dhesy-Thind… - Applied …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Assessment of hormone receptors (estrogen and progesterone) helps to direct therapy for
women with breast cancer. Immunohistochemistry is most commonly used to assess …

Observer Variability in the Interpretation of HER2/neu Immunohistochemical Expression With Unaided and Computer-Aided Digital Microscopy

MA Gavrielides, BD Gallas, P Lenz… - … of pathology & …, 2011 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—Observer variability in digital microscopy and the effect of computer-aided digital
microscopy are underexamined areas in need of further research, considering the …

Image analysis of breast cancer immunohistochemistry-stained sections using ImageJ: an RGB-based model

T Vrekoussis, V Chaniotis, I Navrozoglou… - Anticancer …, 2009 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background: Image analysis of tissue sections using RGB image profiling is a modern
accepted technique. Materials and Methods: A new method of RGB analysis, using the …

Quantification of protein expression in cells and cellular subcompartments on immunohistochemical sections using a computer supported image analysis system

M Braun, R Kirsten, NJ Rupp, H Moch, F Fend… - 2013 - digitum.um.es
Quantification of protein expression based on immunohistochemistry (IHC) is an important
step for translational research and clinical routine. Several manual ('eyeballing') scoring …

The effects of estrogen, progesterone, and C-erbB-2 receptor states on 18F-FDG uptake of primary breast cancer lesions

A Mavi, TF Cermik, M Urhan, H Puskulcu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate whether correlations exist between
18F-FDG uptake of primary breast cancer lesions and predictive and prognostic factors such …

[HTML][HTML] Using image analysis as a tool for assessment of prognostic and predictive biomarkers for breast cancer: How reliable is it?

MC Lloyd, P Allam-Nandyala, CN Purohit… - Journal of pathology …, 2010 - Elsevier
Abstract Background: Estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human
epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) are important and well-established prognostic …

Assessment of automated image analysis of breast cancer tissue microarrays for epidemiologic studies

KL Bolton, M Garcia-Closas, RM Pfeiffer… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2010 - AACR
Background: A major challenge in studies of etiologic heterogeneity in breast cancer has
been the limited throughput, accuracy, and reproducibility of measuring tissue markers …