Grading invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast: Advantages of using automated proliferation index instead of mitotic count

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 450, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 627-636

  Tawfik, Ossama ^a   Kimler, Bruce F ^b   Davis, Marilyn ^a   Stasik, Christopher ^a   Lai, Sue Min ^b   Mayo, Matthew S ^b   Fan, Fang ^a   Donahue, John K ^a   Damjanov, Ivan ^a   Thomas, Patricia ^a   Connor, Carol ^b   Jewell, William R ^b   Smith, Holly ^b   Fabian, Carol J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Image analysis; Invasive breast carcinoma grading; MIB 1 (Ki 67) Immunohistochemistry; Survival

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR GRADE PLUS PROLIFERATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCARFF BLOOM RICHARDSON SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL PROLIFERATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34250811439     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0400-0     Document Type: Article

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