Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast shares cytogenetic abnormality with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary gland: a case report with molecular analysis and review of the literature

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 887-892

  Camelo Piragua, Sandra I ^a   Habib, Claudine ^a   Kanumuri, Prathima ^a   Lago, Claudia E ^a   Mason, Holly S ^a   Otis, Christopher N ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

11q21; Breast; MAML2; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; DOXORUBICIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 67349096949     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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