Are epithelial cells in fat or connective tissue a reliable indicator of tumor invasion in fine-needle aspiration of the breast?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-142

  Maygarden, Susan J ^a   Brock, Margaret S ^a   Novotny, Debra B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast; cancer; carcinoma; connective tissue; fat; fine needle aspiration; stroma; tumor invasion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 0031042873     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199702)16:2<137::AID-DC8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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