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From: Establishing and characterizing patient-derived xenografts using pre-chemotherapy percutaneous biopsy and post-chemotherapy surgical samples from a prospective neoadjuvant breast cancer study

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Comparisons of histological and biomarker characteristics of PDX and their corresponding original patient tumors. Four representative passage 2 PDX models with different clinical subtypes based on ER, PR, and HER2 status, and their corresponding patient tumors are shown. The histology was verified using H&E staining and the expression of ER, PR, HER2, and Ki-67 was visualized using immunohistochemistry. Xenograft tumors are shown in the background with their corresponding human tumors shown in the bottom right inserts. (Scale bar, 50 μm). ER estrogen receptor, H&E hematoxylin and eosin, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, PR progesterone receptor

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Breast Cancer Research

ISSN: 1465-542X

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