Heterogeneous Versus Homogeneous Genetic Nature of Multiple Foci of In Situ Carcinoma of the Breast

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1163-1169

  Volante, Marco ^a   Sapino, Anna ^a   Croce, Sabrina ^a   Bussolati, Gianni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Clonality; In situ; Multicentric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL CLONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY;

EID: 0345448825     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.humpath.2003.07.011     Document Type: Article

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