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Quality control in steroid hormone receptor assays
Author(s) -
Smith Roy G.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19801215)46:12+<2946::aid-cncr2820461441>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - variance (accounting) , medicine , steroid hormone , receptor , steroid , hormone , hormone receptor , computational biology , control (management) , quality (philosophy) , biology , cancer , computer science , breast cancer , artificial intelligence , philosophy , accounting , epistemology , business
This report discusses the sources of variance that can occur in the quantitation of receptors and summarizes how a suitable quality control program can be established. Variance is defined as the discrepancy in analytical results when assays are performed on the same material.