Metaplastic and medullary mammary carcinomas do not express mammaglobin

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 747-752

  Reyes, Carolina ^a   Gomez Fernández, Carmen ^a   Nadji, Mehrdad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammaglobin; Medullary mammary carcinoma; Metaplastic mammary carcinoma; Micrometastasis; Minimal residual disease detection; Neoplasm metastasis

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAMMAGLOBIN A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P63;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METAPLASIA; PATHOLOGY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAGLOBIN A; METAPLASIA;

EID: 84862611332     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP5W5SEZSEHUHE     Document Type: Article

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