Low-grade adenosquamous carcinoma of the breast

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 506-511

  Soo, Kailing ^a   Tan, Puay Hoon ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXCISION; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FROZEN SECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARGE CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84878280006     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201084     Document Type: Review

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