Metaplastic breast carcinoma in a patient with Von Recklinghausen's disease

Clinical Breast Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 573-575

  Natsiopoulos, Ioannis ^a,c   Chatzichristou, Aristides ^b   Stratis, Ioannis ^b   Skordalaki, Anna ^b   Makrantonakis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Papanikolaou Hospital   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Hematogenic metastases; Mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MITOXANTRONE; PACLITAXEL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS;

EID: 34248221206     PISSN: 15268209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CBC.2007.n.015     Document Type: Article

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