Abstract
Aims: To ascertain the prognostic relevance of micropapillary carcinoma, a specific type of breast tumour. Methods and results: We interrogated the clinical records of a series of 49 pure micropapillary carcinoma patients and 13 487 invasive ductal carcinoma patients, diagnosed and treated consecutively in our institution over a 9-year time-frame. Compared with invasive ductal carcinoma, patients with micropapillary carcinoma more frequently had moderately differentiated tumours (P = 0.02) with extensive peritumoral vascular invasion (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 217-224 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Histopathology |
Volume | 63 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2013 |
Keywords
- Breast cancer
- Micropapillary carcinoma
- Survival
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Histology
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine