Expression of aberrant mucins in lobular carcinoma with histiocytoid feature of the breast

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 450, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-403

  Kasashima, Satomi ^a,b   Kawashima, Atsuhiro ^b   Zen, Yoh ^a   Ozaki, Satoru ^a   Kobayashi, Masako ^c   Tsujibata, Akihiko ^d   Minato, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KANAZAWA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Kanazawa Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d Komatsu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histiocytoid feature; Hormone receptor; Invasive lobular carcinoma; Mucin

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 4; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947529947     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0381-z     Document Type: Article

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