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How do you approach a pre-menopausal female with HR+ breast cancer with discordant IHC and OncotypeDx ER expression?

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Medical Oncology · H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida

There are multiple reasons this can happen. The RNA and protein for ER have different stability in FFPE, heterogeneity between the biopsy sample used for IHC vs the surgically resected tumor used for Oncotype, or a failure to properly amplify the transcript from the sample provided are some causes. ...

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