Characteristics and treatment of metaplastic breast cancer: Analysis of 892 cases from the national cancer data base

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-173

  Pezzi, Christopher M ^a   Patel Parekh, Lina ^b   Cole, Karin ^a   Franko, Jan ^a   Klimberg, V Suzanne ^c   Bland, Kirby ^d  

^a ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Metaplastic

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFILTRATING DUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASTIC BREAST CANCER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845599160     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9124-7     Document Type: Article

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