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. 1972 Jun;26(3):234-7.
doi: 10.1038/bjc.1972.32.

A morphometric analysis of human breast carcinoma

J C Underwood
Free PMC article

A morphometric analysis of human breast carcinoma

J C Underwood. Br J Cancer. 1972 Jun.
Free PMC article

Abstract

A method for determining the tumour cell content of breast neoplasms by morphometry is described.The mean total tumour cell volume of 10 scirrhous carcinomata was 287·6 mm(3), or 21·5% of the entire neoplasm. Two medullary lesions gave a mean tumour cell volume of 417 mm(3), 64·5% of the total volume of the neoplasm.A possible extension of this technique to monitor changes in the character of malignant tumours is discussed.

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