Nuclear grade and survival in invasive lobular carcinoma: A case series with long-term follow-up

Breast Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-447

  Adams, Amy L ^a   Li, Yufeng ^b   Pfeifer, John D ^c   Hameed, Omar ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LETTER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77956804562     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.00946.x     Document Type: Letter

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