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Specific morphological features predictive for the basal phenotype in grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma of breast.
Histopathology - 1 Jul 2006
Fulford L G, Easton D F, Reis-Filho J S, Sofronis A, Gillett C E, Lakhani S R, Hanby A
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AIMS: Cytokeratin (CK) 14, a myoepithelial marker, is also expressed in a proportion of breast carcinomas. There is evidence that these tumours show a differing metastatic pattern and clinical outcome from other invasive ductal carcinomas (IDCs) and may need different management. Currently, they are not identified in routine practice and no morphological guidelines exist to aid their identification. The aim of...
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