Histologic grading is an independent prognostic factor in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Rakha, Emad A ^a   El Sayed, Maysa E ^a   Menon, Sindhu ^a   Green, Andrew R ^a   Lee, Andrew H S ^a   Ellis, Ian O ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histologic grading; Human breast carcinoma; Invasive lobular carcinoma; Prognosis and outcome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 47549084990     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9768-4     Document Type: Article

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