Invasive lobular carcinoma predicts micrometastasis in breast cancer
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Invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.
The classical pattern of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) has become well established since the tumour was first designated in the 1940's. It is a distinct histological type of breast cancer, yet the incidence rates accumulated from the literature are widely divergent and vary from 0.7-20 per cent,' suggesting the criteria for diagnosis are not well defined. Martinez and Azzopardil in the only ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-4804
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.03.014