Lack of prognostic significance of "classic" lobular breast carcinoma: A matched, single institution series

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 211-214

  Viale, Giuseppe ^a   Rotmensz, Nicole ^b   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^b   Orvieto, Enrico ^c   Maiorano, Eugenio ^d   Galimberti, Viviana ^b   Luini, Alberto ^b   Colleoni, Marco ^b   Goldhirsch, Aron ^b,e   Coates, Alan S ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^f International Breast Cancer Study Group   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lobular carcinoma; Matched study; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MENOPAUSE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 69049113359     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0112-4     Document Type: Article

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