Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast, an unusual disease with worse prognosis: The experience of the European Institute of Oncology and review of the literature

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-353

  Luini, Alberto ^a,b   Aguilar, Marisel ^a   Gatti, Giovanna ^a,c   Fasani, Roberta ^a   Botteri, Edoardo ^a   Brito, Jack Antonio Diaz ^a   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^a   Vento, Anna Rita ^a   Viale, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast; Prognosis; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846509776     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9301-1     Document Type: Review

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