Apocrine carcinoma of the breast: Clinicopathological analysis and histological subclassification of 12 cases

Breast Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-284

  Matsuo, Kaneyuki ^a   Fukutomi, Takashi ^a   Tsuda, Hitoshi ^b   Kanai, Yae ^b   Akashi Tanaka, Sadako ^a   Nanasawa, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apocrine carcinoma; Breast cancer; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944227856     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966708     Document Type: Article

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