TTF-1 positive breast cancer: A cautionary tale

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 665-666

  Ellery, Peter ^a   Archard, Nicholas ^a   Saetta, Ally ^b   Gandy, Michael ^c   Falzon, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; THYROID NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST NEOPLASMS;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM GRADING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84937875411     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2015-202998     Document Type: Letter

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