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Loss of heterozygosity is detected at chromosomes 1p35-36 (NB), 3p25 (VHL), 16p13 (TSC2/PKD1), and 17p13 (TP53) in microdissected apocrine carcinomas of the breast.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Dec 1999
Lininger R A, Zhuang Z, Man Y, Park W S, Emmert-Buck M, Tavassoli F A
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INTRODUCTION: Apocrine carcinomas of the breast are an unusual special category of predominantly AR+, ER-, and PR- breast cancer, characterized by cells with abundant, eosinophilic cytoplasm and nuclei with often prominent nucleoli. To further investigate these lesions, loss of heterozygosity (LO...
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