Demystifying basal-like breast carcinomas

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1328-1332

  Da Silva, L ^a,b   Clarke, C ^a,b   Lakhani, S R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; DOXORUBICIN; MITOMYCIN C; PACLITAXEL;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, BASAL CELL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 37049037273     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.041731     Document Type: Review

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