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Myoepithelial cells in lobular carcinoma in situ: distribution and immunophenotype.
Human pathology - 1 Sept 2016
Wang Ying, Jindal Sonali, Martel Maritza, Wu Yaping, Schedin Pepper, Troxell Megan
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Myoepithelial cells have important physical and paracrine roles in breast tissue development, maintenance, and tumor suppression. Recent molecular and immunohistochemical studies have demonstrated phenotypic alterations in ductal carcinoma in situ-associated myoepithelial cells. Although the relationship of lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and myoepithelial cells was described in 1980, further characterization of...
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