title: Comparison of pre- and postsurgical concentrations of blood HER-2 mRNA and HER-2 extracellular domain reflects HER-2 status in early breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Benedetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salvadori
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pinzani
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Distante
authors.forename: Donato
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casella
authors.forename: Simonetta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paglierani
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vezzosi
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cataliotti
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pazzagli
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Orlando
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D018734:Genes, erbB-2; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000097:blood*; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D012016:Reference Values; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases