Cellular Oncology (Jan 2009)

Comparison between Real-Time Quantitative PCR Detection of HER2 mRNA Copy Number in Peripheral Blood and ELISA of Serum HER2 Protein for Determining HER2 Status in Breast Cancer Patients

  • Maria Savino,
  • Paola Parrella,
  • Massimiliano Copetti,
  • Raffaela Barbano,
  • Roberto Murgo,
  • Vito Michele Fazio,
  • Vanna Maria Valori,
  • Massimo Carella,
  • Maria Garrubba,
  • Stefano Angelo Santini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3233/CLO-2009-0468
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 3
pp. 203 – 211

Abstract

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Background: The development of non-invasive procedure to determine HER2 status may represent a powerful method for monitoring disease progression and response to the treatment.