Imaging overview of metaplastic carcinomas of the breast: A large study of 71 cases

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1064, 2016, Pages

  Langlands, Fiona ^a   Cornford, Eleanor ^b   Rakha, Emad ^b   Dall, Barbara ^c   Gutteridge, Eleanor ^b   Dodwell, David ^a   Shaaban, Abeer M ^d   Sharma, Nisha ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SEACROFT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METAPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84989901097     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20140644     Document Type: Article

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