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Special Ancillary Techniques: Immunohistochemistry

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The role of immunohistochemistry in the assessment of breast lesions, in particular breast cancers, cannot be overemphasized. Currently, there is a whole gamut of markers that are being used, aiding in the differentiation between benign and malignant breast lesions, prognostication of breast cancers, and prediction of responses to therapy. While most of the routine immunohistochemistry studies are being done on the paraffin-embedded histologic samples using either the resection specimen or the preoperative biopsy, the use of cytologic preparations in immunohistochemistry is gaining popularity and experience.

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  1. Prince of Wales Hospital Department of Anatomical And Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR

    Dr. Gary Tse

  2. Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Dr. Puay Hoon Tan

  3. Department of Pathology and Oncology, Medical Faculty of Porto University and IPATIMUP, Porto, Portugal

    Prof. Dr. Fernando Schmitt

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Tse, G., Tan, P.H., Schmitt, F. (2013). Special Ancillary Techniques: Immunohistochemistry. In: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Breast. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35000-9_14

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