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E-cadherin alterations in atypical lobular hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Jun 2005
Mastracci Teresa L, Tjan Suzanna, Bane Anita L, O'Malley Frances P, Andrulis Irene L
Abstract excerpt
Tumor development from an early lesion through to invasive disease is not a clearly defined progression in the breast. Studies of invasive lobular carcinoma have reported mutations, loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and loss of protein expression in epithelial (E)-cadherin, a protein involved in cell adhesion. Our study examines in situ lobular neoplastic lesions without concurrent invasive carcinoma for E-cadherin...
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