Flat epithelial atypia with and without atypical ductal hyperplasia: To re-excise or not. Results of a 5-year prospective study

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 461, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-423

  Uzoaru, Ikechukwu ^a   Morgan, Bradley R ^a   Liu, Zheng G ^a   Bellafiore, Frank J ^a   Gaudier, Farah S ^a   Lo, Jeanne V ^a   Pakzad, Kourosh ^a  

^a CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast calcifications and densities; Core needle biopsies; Flat epithelial atypia; Re excision of flat epithelial atypia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DUCTAL HYPERPLASIA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISEASE; FLAT EPITHELIAL ATYPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, LARGE-CORE NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867398644     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-012-1312-1     Document Type: Article

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