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Pure mucinous carcinoma (MC) is found in about 3.5% of all newly diagnosed breast cancer patients in Taiwan. MC is a relatively rare malignancy of breast cancer, and its nature, behaviors, treatment pattern an...
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Preclinical data indicate that the combination of docetaxel, cisplatin and trastuzumab (TCH) may have the potential for clinically significant activity against breast cancers that overexpress the her2/neu gene...
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Open AccessCan concurrent core biopsy and fine needle aspiration biopsy improve the false negative rate of sonographically detectable breast lesions?
The aims of this study were to determine the accuracy of concurrent core needle biopsy (CNB) and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for breast lesions and to estimate the false-negative rate using the two me...
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Open AccessTriple negative breast carcinoma is a prognostic factor in Taiwanese women
Currently, there is a debate as to whether triple negative breast carcinoma (TNBC) has a worse prognosis than non-TNBC. Our aim was to determine whether TNBC is a prognostic factor for survival.
