Study Assessing the Quality of Quantification of Estrogen Receptor Protein Expression by Immunohistochemistry and Gene Expression in Breast Cancer
Figure 1
Schematic representation of the study: the scheme indicates the different steps of the study to evaluate the influence of (1) immunostaining; (2) scoring; (3) tissue fixation; and (4) heterogeneity within groups of carcinomas with comparable immunohistochemical receptor status.