Sections of the nipple and quadrants in mastectomy specimens for carcinoma are of limited value

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 543-545

  Sikand, K ^a   Lee, A H S ^a   Pinder, S E ^a   Elston, C W ^a   Ellis, I O ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NIPPLES; PAGET'S DISEASE, MAMMARY;

EID: 18444409975     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.022665     Document Type: Review

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