Proposed prognostic score for breast carcinoma on fine needle aspiration based on nuclear grade, cellular dyscohesion and bare atypical nuclei

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 542-546

  Fan, Fang ^a   Namiq, Asraa L ^a   Tawfik, Ossama W ^a   Thomas, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration; Prognostic

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOPROGNOSTIC SCORE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE NEU; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33746592476     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20529     Document Type: Article

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