Flat epithelial atypia of the breast: Characteristics and behaviors

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-250

  Sudarshan, Monisha ^a   Meguerditchian, Ari Nareg ^a   Mesurolle, Benoit ^a   Meterissian, Sarkis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Columnar cell lesions; Ductal intraepithelial neoplasia; Flat epithelial atypia

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MICRORNA 21; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST LESION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL DAMAGE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL JUNCTION; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 9Q; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; COMORBIDITY; CYSTIC DUCT; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLAT EPITHELIAL ATYPIA; GENETIC RISK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79151469663     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.02.009     Document Type: Review

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