Stromal keratin expression in phyllodes tumours of the breast: A comparison with other spindle cell breast lesions

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-347

  Chia, Yifoong ^a   Thike, Aye Aye ^a   Cheok, Poh Yian ^a   Chong, Luke Yong Zheng ^a   Tse, Gary Man Kit ^b   Tan, Puay Hoon ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 7; KERATIN; PROTEIN P63;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; CYTOPLASM; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINDLE CELL BREAST LESION; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLLODES TUMOR; SARCOMA; STROMAL CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858704359     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200377     Document Type: Article

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