Primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 691-696

  Bigotti, Giulio ^a   Coli, A ^a   Butti, A ^a   Del Vecchio, M ^a   Tartaglione, R ^a   Massi, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Neuroendocrine; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD30 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN CAM5.2; PROTEIN HMB45; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 12544254188     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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