Outcome of breast lesions diagnosed as lesion of uncertain malignant potential (B3) or suspicious of malignancy (B4) on needle core biopsy, including detailed review of epithelial atypia

Histopathology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 626-632

  Rakha, Emad A ^a   Ho, Bernard C ^a   Naik, Veena ^a   Sen, Soumadri ^a   Hamilton, Lisa J ^a   Hodi, Zsolt ^a   Ellis, Ian O ^a   Lee, Andrew H S ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypia; B3; B4; Breast; Needle core biopsy; Positive predictive value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DUCTAL HYPERPLASIA; ATYPICAL LOBULAR HYPERPLASIA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST LESION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INTRADUCTAL EPITHELIAL ATYPIA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LOBULAR CARCINOMA IN SITU; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SUSPICIOUS OF MALIGNANCY; UNCERTAIN MALIGNANT POTENTIAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 79952732896     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03786.x     Document Type: Article

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