Invasive lobular breast cancer. Prognostic significance of histological malignancy grading

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 803-809

  Talman, Maj Lis Møller ^a,b   Jensen, Maj Britt ^c   Rank, Fritz ^c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DATABASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34547226144     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860601137397     Document Type: Article

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