The presence of a fibrotic focus is an independent predictor of early metastasis in lymph node-negative breast cancer patients

Am J Surg Pathol. 2001 Dec;25(12):1557-8. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200112000-00016.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Breast / blood supply
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / blood supply
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / secondary*
  • Female
  • Fibrosis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis / diagnosis*
  • Necrosis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / pathology
  • Predictive Value of Tests