Tubular carcinoma and grade 1 (well-differentiated) invasive ductal carcinoma: Comparison of flat epithelial atypia and other intra-epithelial lesions

Pathology International

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 620-625

  Kunju, Lakshmi P ^a   Ding, Ying ^a   Kleer, Celina G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Flat epithelial atypia; Grade 1 (well differentiated) invasive ductal carcinoma; Tubular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CELL NUCLEUS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 51749089779     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02280.x     Document Type: Article

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