Histogenesis of metaplastic breast carcinoma and axillary nodal metastases

Pathology International

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-120

  Osako, Tomo ^a,b   Horii, Rie ^a   Ogiya, Akiko ^b   Iijima, Kotaro ^a   Iwase, Takuji ^a   Akiyama, Futoshi ^b  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary nodal metastasis; Ductal sarcomatous transition; Ductal squamous sarcomatous transition; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Histogenesis; Metaplastic breast carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; METAPLASIA; METAPLASTIC BREAST CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOSARCOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY; METAPLASIA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149302601     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02339.x     Document Type: Article

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