Review article

https://doi.org/10.21860/52;3_357

The role of the pathologist in diagnosis and therapy of the breast cancer patients

Elvira Mustać ; Zavod za patologiju i patološku anatomiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka
Nives Jonjić ; Zavod za patologiju i patološku anatomiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka
Koraljka Rajković Molek ; Zavod za kliničku citologiju, KBC Rijeka,
Manuela Avirović ; Zavod za patologiju i patološku anatomiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka

Abstract

Histopathological features of breast cancer include numerous details that are essential for the further choice of patient’s therapy because it must be clear, unambiguously stated and reliable. In addition to traditional data on invasion, metastasis and response to therapy more information on prognostic and predictive factors that affect the treatment provide patients and genetic research on the basis of which tumors according to the expression of certain genes in the stratified subtypes.

Keywords

breast cancer; molecular typing; prognostic and predictive factors *

Hrčak ID:

163941

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/163941

Publication date:

1.9.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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