Lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast is not caused by constitutional mutations in the E-cadherin gene

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 568-570

  Rahman, N ^a,c   Stone, J G ^a,c   Coleman, G ^a   Gusterson, B ^a   Seal, S ^a   Marossy, A ^a   Lakhani, S R ^a   Ward, A ^a   Nash, A ^b   McKinna, A ^b   A'Hern, R ^b   Stratton, M R ^a   Houlston, R S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E cadherin mutations; Germline; LCIS

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033953546     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0965     Document Type: Article

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