Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast: Clinicopathologic study of 62 cases of a poorly recognized variant with highly aggressive behavior

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 857-866

  Pettinato, Guido ^a   Manivel, Carlos J ^b   Panico, Luigi ^a   Sparano, Lucianna ^a   Petrella, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytology; Immunohistochemistry; Invasive micropapillary carcinoma; Pseudopapillary

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MUCIN 1; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE NEU; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSAMMOMA BODY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 2442650113     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/XTJ7VHB49UD78X60     Document Type: Article

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