Clinical significance of morphologic characteristics in triple negative breast cancer

Journal of the Korean Surgical Society

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 301-306

  Ryu, Dong Won ^a   Jung, Min Jung ^a   Choi, Woo Sik ^a   Lee, Chung Han ^a  

^a Kosin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymphocytic infiltration; Prominent nucleoli; Triple negative breast cancer; Tumor necrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958073763     PISSN: 12260053     EISSN: 20930488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2011.80.5.301     Document Type: Article

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