The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 4 , Pages 516-519 , October 2009

Tumor characteristics and patient outcomes are similar between invasive lobular and mixed invasive ductal/lobular breast cancers but differ from pure invasive ductal breast cancers

  • Ankit Bharat, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • ,
  • Feng Gao, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • ,
  • Julie A. Margenthaler, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 314-747-9724; fax: 314-454-5509

Received 22 March 2009 ,Revised 14 June 2009

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PII: S0002-9610(09)00345-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.06.005

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 4 , Pages 516-519 , October 2009

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