Cytologic diagnosis of lobular carcinoma of the breast: Experience with 555 patients in the Rene Huguenin Cancer Center

Cancer

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-117

  Menet, Emmanuelle ^a   Becette, Véronique ^a   Briffod, Marianne ^a  

^a CENTRE RENÉ HUGUENIN   (France)

Author keywords

Breast; Cytologic diagnosis; Fine needle aspiration; Lobular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES;

EID: 43149096059     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23347     Document Type: Article

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