Difference between revisions of "Invasive breast cancer"

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Notes:
Notes 1:
*Normal breast epithelial cells do not stain with HER2.
*Normal breast epithelial cells do not stain with HER2.
*Evaluated on the invasive component.
*Evaluated on the invasive component.
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| '''Result'''
| '''Result'''
| '''Findings'''
| '''Ratio criteria'''
| '''Gene copy number criteria'''
|-
|-
| Positive
| Positive
| >2.2 HER2/CEP17
| >2.2 HER2/CEP17
| >6.0 copies of HER2/cell
|-
|-
| Equivocal
| Equivocal
| 1.8-2.2 HER2/CEP17
| 1.8-2.2 HER2/CEP17
| 4.0-6.0 copies of HER2/cell
|-  
|-  
| Negative
| Negative
| <1.8 HER2/CEP17
| <1.8 HER2/CEP17
| <4.0 copies of HER2/cell
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Notes 2:
*Can be called ''positive'' based on either ''ratio criteria'' or ''gene copy number criteria''.


===Clinical===
===Clinical===