Lobular carcinoma in situ variants in breast cores: Potential for misdiagnosis, upgrade rates at surgical excision, and practical implications

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1024-1028

  Sullivan, Megan E ^a   Khan, Seema A ^a   Sullu, Yurdanur ^a,b   Schiller, Carol ^a   Susnik, Barbara ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; NECROSIS; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 77954339743     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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