Mucoid breast carcinomas: Histology and prognosis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1061-1065

  Fentiman, I S ^a   Millis, R R ^a   Smith, P ^a   Ellul, J P M ^a   Lampejo, O ^a,b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mastectomy; Mucoid carcinoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030959816     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.180     Document Type: Article

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