Metastases to the breast: Role of fine needle cytology samples. Our experience with nine cases in 2 years

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 682-687

  Fulciniti, Franco ^a   Losito, S ^a   Botti, G ^a   Di Mattia, D ^a   La Mura, A ^a   Pisano, C ^a   Pignata, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Clinical cytology; Diagnostic cytopathology of tumors; Fine needle cytology; Metastases to the breast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 INTERFERON; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CAPECITABINE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P57; PROTEIN S 100; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41549115845     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm546     Document Type: Article

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