Neuroendocrine differentiated carcinomas of the breast: A distinct entity

Breast

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 251-257

  Zekioglu, Osman ^a   Erhan, Yíldíz ^a   Çiriş, Metin ^a   Bayramoglu, Hatice ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CHROMOGRANIN; EOSIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUCIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; ONCOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PAPILLOMA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SOLID TUMOR; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0042130395     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(03)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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