Open AccessAdjust cut-off values of immunohistochemistry models to predict risk of distant recurrence in invasive breast carcinoma patients
Author(s) -
Yen-Ying Chen,
LingMing Tseng,
ChingFen Yang,
PeiJu Lien,
ChihYi Hsu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2016.06.004
Subject(s) - medicine , immunohistochemistry , oncology , breast cancer , proportional hazards model , breast carcinoma , cancer
Multigene assays are recommended for hormone receptor-positive invasive breast carcinoma to determine the risk of recurrence, but they are highly expensive. We investigated the prognostic values of immunohistochemistry (IHC)-based prognostic models as an alternative to multigene assays.