Application of immunohistochemistry to breast lesions

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-358

  Yeh, I Tien ^a   Mies, Carolyn ^b  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST LESION; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; PATHOLOGIST; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 40149102181     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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