Secretory breast carcinoma: Unique, triple-negative carcinoma with a favorable prognosis and characteristic molecular expression

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1606-1610

  Vasudev, Pooja ^a   Onuma, Kazuya ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETV6 NTRK3 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; ETV6-NTRK3 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 15; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 82655181517     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2010-0351-RS     Document Type: Review

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