Article
Breast carcinoma with basal phenotype: mammographic findings.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology - 1 Aug 2008
Luck Angela A, Evans Andrew J, James Jonathan J, Rakha Emad A, Paish E Claire, Green Andrew R, Ellis Ian O
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Basal phenotype has been found to be an independent poor prognostic factor for breast cancer. The aim of this study was to assess the mammographic appearance of screening-detected breast carcinoma with the basal phenotype. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A series of 1,944 consecutively enrolled patients with operable invasive breast cancer underwent immunohistochemical analysis with cytokeratin 5/6 and...
Topics
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Breast Neoplasms
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Female
- Humans
- Mammography
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Staging
- Phenotype
