WHO Classification of Tumours of the Breast

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Lakhani S.R., Ellis I.O., Schnitt S.J., Tan P.H., van de Vijver M.J. (Eds.):

WHO Classification of Tumours of the Breast.

IARC: Lyon 2012

IARC Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

WHO classification of tumours of the breast / edited by Sunil R Lakhani ... [et al.] – 4^th edition

(World Health Organization classification of tumours)

1. Breast Neoplasms − genetics 2. Breast Neoplasms − classification
3. Breast Neoplasms − pathology I. Lakhani, Sunil R. II. Series

ISBN 978-92-832-4488-2

(NLM Classification: WI 1)