Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast, an intriguing rarity

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 667-671

  Rauf, Fozia ^a   Kiyani, Naila ^a   Bhurgri, Yasmin ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Metaplastic carcinoma breast; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAKISTAN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947516821     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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