Pathological diagnosis - Problems with existing classifications

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 269-275

  Van de Vijver, Marc J ^a   Peterse, Hans ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH); Breast; Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS); Epithelial hyperplasia; Review

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LAVAGE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOMENCLATURE; PRECANCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; CANCER INVASION; CLASSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 0043142419     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr629     Document Type: Review

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