Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast Clinical presentation, treatment results and prognostic factors

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-195

  Al Sayed, Adher D ^a   El Weshi, Amr N ^a   Tulbah, Asma M ^a   Rahal, Mohamed M ^a   Ezzat, Adnan A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LETROZOLE; METHOTREXATE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MASTECTOMY; MESENCHYME; METAPLASIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645107434     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860500513235     Document Type: Article

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