Ploidy and Nuclear Area as a Predictive Factor of Histologic Grade in Primary Breast Cancer

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 277-280

  Klorin, Geula ^a   Keren, Ruth ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast cancer; DNA; Grade; Nucleus; Ploidies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FEULGEN STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLOIDY; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PLOIDIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0142135411     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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