Tumor cell (dys)cohesion as a prognostic factor in aspirate smears of breast carcinoma

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-319

  Yu, Gordon H ^a,c   Cajulis, Ricardo S ^b   De Frias, Denise V S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Consolidated Medical Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Cytopathology; Fine needle aspiration; Intercellular adhesion molecules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL ADHESION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031952210     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/109.3.315     Document Type: Article

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