Cytological Criteria for Predicting the Luminal Phenotype of Breast Carcinoma.

doi:10.1159/000448835

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Cytological Criteria for Predicting the Luminal Phenotype of Breast Carcinoma.

Acta cytologica - 1 Jan 2016

Paschoalini Rafael Bispo, Mucha Dufloth Rozany, Moraes Neto Francisco Alves, Schmitt Fernando C

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BACKGROUND: Specific cytological criteria for the luminal phenotype of breast carcinoma, despite it being the most common and having a better prognosis as well as targeted therapies under study, remain to be established. Using fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), we aimed to identify the lumin...

Topics

Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Breast Neoplasms
Cytodiagnosis
Female
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Phenotype
Prognosis
Receptor, ErbB-2

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