The problem of histological nomenclature and classification of carcinogenesis stages in the breast
Avtandilov, G.G.
Voprosy Onkologii 47(5): 584-589
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 11785101 Document Number: 539167
Objective diagnostic criteria for carcinogenesis staging and classification are suggested on the basis of a ploidometric investigation of 15,000 nuclei of cells of lobular and ductal epithelial neoplasms of the breast. Differential diagnosis is to apply to the following stages of mammary carcinogenesis: (a) signs of epithelial hyperplasia (/0) and intraepithelial neoplasia stage I (benign stages--/1); (b) intraepithelial neoplasia stage II (border-line stages--/2); (c) infiltrating carcinoma with or without metastases (malignant stages--/3).