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A basal epithelial phenotype is more frequent in interval breast cancers compared with screen detected tumors.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 May 2005
Collett Karin, Stefansson Ingunn M, Eide Johan, Braaten Audun, Wang Hege, Eide Geir Egil, Thoresen Steinar Ø, Foulkes William D, Akslen Lars A
Abstract excerpt
Interval breast cancer reduce the effectiveness of mammography screening programs. We studied 95 interval cancers, diagnosed during 1996 to 2001 as part of the population-based Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program. These cases were matched on size (+/-2.0 mm) to 95 screen-detected breast cancers, and the tumors were compared by immunohistochemical methods using tissue microarrays. Patients with interval...
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