Luminal B breast tumors are not HER2 positive

doi:10.1186/bcr2134

Breast Cancer Research

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Luminal B breast tumors are not HER2 positive

Rohit Bhargava and David J Dabbs

Department of Pathology, Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Halket Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA

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Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:404doi:10.1186/bcr2134


Published:	26 September 2008

See related research article by Tamimi et al., http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/10/4/R67 and related letter by Tamimi et al., http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/10/5/405

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We read with interest the article by Tamimi and coworkers recently published in this journal [1]. The authors compared the molecular subtypes of invasive carcinoma versus ductal carcinoma in situ and found significant differences, as expected [1]. However, we have some concerns regarding the criteria used in the study.