Uncommon malignancies: Case 1. Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma of the breast

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 6249-6251

  Morgan, Peter B ^a   Chundru, Satish ^a   Hatch, Sandra S ^a   Hawkins, Hal K ^a   Adegboyega, Patrick A ^a   Eltorky, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a John Sealy Hospital and John Sealy Annex   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MYOFIBROBLAST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; BREAST TUMOR; LEIOMYOMA; MASTECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; MYOFIBROMA; SARCOMA;

EID: 24944540772     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.06.213     Document Type: Article

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