Histological grade of invasive carcinoma of the breast assessed on needle core biopsy - modifications to mitotic count assessment to improve agreement with surgical specimens

Histopathology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 543-548

  O'Shea, Anne Marie ^a   Rakha, Emad A ^a   Hodi, Zsolt ^a   Ellis, Ian O ^a   Lee, Andrew H S ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Histological grade; Needle core biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MITOSIS; MITOSIS RATE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM GRADING; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80053299274     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03916.x     Document Type: Article

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