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A mouse model of basal-like breast carcinoma with metaplastic elements.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2007
McCarthy A, Savage K, Gabriel A, Naceur C, Reis-Filho J S, Ashworth A
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancers arising in carriers of germline BRCA1 mutations frequently have a basal-like phenotype. Basal-like cancers are characterized by high histological grade, central necrotic areas, foci with metaplastic differentiation, lack of hormone receptor and HER2 (ErbB2) expression, and consiste...
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