Basaloid carcinoma of the breast: a review of 9 cases, with delineation of a possible clinicopathologic entity

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-11

  Lamovec, Janez ^a   Falconieri, Giovanni ^b   Salviato, Tiziana ^c   Pizzolitto, Stefano ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b Laboratory Medicine   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basaloid carcinoma; Breast tumors; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KERATIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P63; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 37349086132     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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