The phenotypic spectrum of basal-like breast cancers: a critical appraisal.

doi:10.1097/PAP.0b013e31814b26fe

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The phenotypic spectrum of basal-like breast cancers: a critical appraisal.

Advances in anatomic pathology - 1 Sept 2007

Fadare Oluwole, Tavassoli Fattaneh A

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There are 2 well-recognized cell populations lining the mammary duct system: the epithelial cells lining the lumen and the myoepithelial cells surrounding them. The mammary stem cell, a putative third cell type, has not yet been well characterized. It is not established whether the putative stem...

Topics

Adenocarcinoma
Biomarkers, Tumor
Breast Neoplasms
Female
Gene Expression Profiling
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Neoplasms, Basal Cell
Phenotype
Stem Cells

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