title: Can the reliance of hormone receptor assays of surgical specimens be explained by the fluctuation of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER-2 protein expression in tumor samples of premenopausal breast cancer patients?
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alimonti
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferretti
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cognetti
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D017697:Premenopause; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone