Salivary gland-type tumors of the breast: A spectrum of benign and malignant tumors including "triple negative carcinomas" of low malignant potential

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-90

  Foschini, Maria P ^a   Krausz, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Adenomyoepithelioma; Breast; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Triple negative carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; GROSS CYSTIC DISEASE FLUID PROTEIN 15; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN PLAG1; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GRADING; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT ADENOMYOEPITHELIOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MYOEPITHELIOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADENOMYOEPITHELIOMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77349104571     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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