Carcinosarcoma of the breast: Report of two cases

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-95

  Gogas, J ^a   Kouskos, E ^a,b   Markopoulos, C ^a   Mantas, D ^a   Antonopoulou, Z ^a   Kontzoglou, K ^a   Stamoulis, J ^a   Kyriakou, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Mammary Gland; Metaplastic Carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOSARCOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0037288553     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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