Immunohistochemical Expression of Oestrogen and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors in Endometrial Cancerous in Sudanese Patients
Salwa Abdalraheem Abubaker, Mohamed Elfatih Abdelwadoud, Mutaz Mohamed Ali, Hadia Alhaj Ahmad, Abuobieda Mohamed Khlafalla, Osman Mohammed Elmahi, Hisham Ali Waggiallah
Abstract
Endometrial carcinoma is the most prevalent gynecologic cancer in industrialized countries and the second most common in developing countries after cervical cancer; it is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the immunohistochemistry expression of oestrogen receptor (ER) and Her-2/neu in Sudanese patients with endometrial carcinoma (EMC). A retrospective descriptive study of archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue from hysterectomy spec
Topics & Concepts
ImmunohistochemistryReceptorEpidermal growth factor receptorEpidermal growth factorCancer researchInternal medicineBiologyMedicineOncologyPathologyEndocrinologyEndometrial and Cervical Cancer TreatmentsCervical Cancer and HPV ResearchSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment