Metaplastic breast carcinoma: more than a special type

被引:71
作者
Weigelt, Britta [1 ]
Eberle, Carey [1 ]
Cowell, Catherine F. [1 ]
Ng, Charlotte K. Y. [1 ]
Reis-Filho, Jorge S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Pathol, New York, NY 10065 USA
关键词
CANCER; TUMORS; PATHWAY; GENES; BRCA1; P53;
D O I
10.1038/nrc3637
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R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Metaplastic breast carcinoma (MBC) is a special histological type of invasive breast cancer. MBC is a descriptive and operational term for a heterogeneous collection of tumours with distinct histologies, clinical behaviours and potentially responses to therapy. © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited.
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