What is inflammatory breast cancer? revisiting the case definition

Cancers

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-152

  Levine, Paul H ^a   Zolfaghari, Ladan ^a   Young, Heather ^a   Hafi, Muhannad ^a   Cannon, Timothy ^a   Ganesan, Chitra ^a   Veneroso, Carmela ^a   Brem, Rachel ^b   Sherman, Mark ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AJCC; Biology; Clinical presentation; Diagnosis; Inflammatory breast cancer; SEER

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; SKIN REDNESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77952728732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers2010143     Document Type: Article

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