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ReviewNPJ digital medicine2025

H&E to IHC virtual staining methods in breast cancer: an overview and benchmarking.

Pascal Klöckner, José Teixeira, Diana Montezuma, João Fraga, Hugo M Horlings, Jaime S Cardoso, Sara P Oliveira

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Review in NPJ digital medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Pascal Klöckner *Computational Pathology Group, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
José Teixeira *Computational Pathology Group, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Diana MontezumaIMP Diagnostics, Porto, Portugal.
João FragaIMP Diagnostics, Porto, Portugal.
Hugo M HorlingsComputational Pathology Group, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jaime S CardosoFaculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Sara P OliveiraComputational Pathology Group, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.oliveira@nki.nl.

Funding

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek NGF.1609.241.018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is crucial for the clinical categorisation of breast cancer cases. Deep generative models may offer a cost-effective alternative by virtually generating IHC images from hematoxylin and eosin samples. This review explores the state-of-the-art in virtual staining for breast cancer biomarkers (HER2, PgR, ER and Ki-67) and benchmarks several models on public datasets. It serves as a resource for researchers and clinicians interested in applying or developing virtual staining techniques.

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PMID40603634
PMCPMC12222792

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