Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 522-527 , April 2010

Flat epithelial atypia is a common subtype of B3 breast lesions and is associated with noninvasive cancer but not with invasive cancer in final excision histology

  • Aurelia Noske, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Stefan Pahl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Eva Fallenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Radiology, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Christiane Richter-Ehrenstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Ann-Christin Buckendahl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Wilko Weichert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Achim Schneider, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Manfred Dietel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Carsten Denkert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Received 1 July 2009 ,Revised 11 September 2009 ,Accepted 11 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.09.005

Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 522-527 , April 2010

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