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Clonal analysis of bilateral mammary carcinomas by clinical evaluation and partial allelotyping.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Aug 2003
Tse Gary M, Kung Fred Y, Chan Amy B, Law Bonita K, Chang Alexander R, Lo Kwok-Wai
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Bilateral breast carcinomas may represent contralateral metastases or new primary tumors. The presence of carcinoma in situ, a lower grade, or a different histotype in the second tumor is considered a clinical criterion for a second primary tumor. In this study, 26 bilateral breast carcinomas from 13 patients were analyzed based on clinical criteria, and the results were compared with those obtained by partial...
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