Quantitative image cytometry of infiltrating ductal carcinoma: Comparison with prognostic parameters and reproducibility of histological grade

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 821-826

  Frierson Jr , Henry F ^a   Wilbur, David C ^b   Gaffey, Michael J ^b   Salmon, Isabelle ^b   Franquemont, Douglas W ^b   Berean, Kenneth W ^b   Wolber, Robert A ^b   Kiss, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

breast cancer; histological grade; image cytometry

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 16044362186     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90456-6     Document Type: Article

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