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Original Article

Evaluation of and quality assurance in HER2 analysis in breast carcinomas from patients registered in Danish Breast Cancer Group (DBCG) in the period of 2002–2006. A nationwide study including correlation between HER-2 status and other prognostic variables

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Pages 784-788 | Received 07 Aug 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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