Clinicopathologic study of 53 metaplastic breast carcinomas: their elements and prognostic implications

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-685

  Yamaguchi, Rin ^a,c   Horii, Rie ^a   Maeda, Ichiro ^a   Suga, Sachie ^b   Makita, Masujiro ^b   Iwase, Takuji ^b   Oguchi, Masahiko ^b   Ito, Yoshinori ^b   Akiyama, Futoshi ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast; Matrix producing carcinoma; Metaplastic carcinoma; Prognostic factor; Spindle cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; METAPLASIA; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950594811     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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