Breast cancer with noninflammatory skin involvement: New data revise the traditional image of a «classical» clinicopathologic entity;Mammakarzinome mit nichtinflammatorischer hautbeteiligung: Neue daten revidieren das traditionelle bild einer «klassischen» klinikopathologischen entität

Praxis

Volumn 95, Issue 47, 2006, Pages 1829-1835

  Guth U ^a   Wight, E ^a   Singer, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prognosis; Skin involvement; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051671065     PISSN: 16618157     EISSN: 16618165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157.95.47.1829     Document Type: Review

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