Immunohistochemical Profile for Unknown Primary Adenocarcinoma
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Immunohistochemical Profile for Unknown Primary Adenocarcinoma
BACKGROUND Development of tailored treatment based on immunohistochemical profiles (IPs) of tumors for cancers of unknown primary is needed. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We developed an algorithm based on primary known adenocarcinoma for testing sensitivity and specificity. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples from 71 patients of unfavorable subsets of unknown primary adenocarcin...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031181