title: The clinical biology of breast cancer.
abstract: Breast cancers present as a spectrum of neoplasms. The natural histories of the neoplasms are tied to the biological properties of the neoplastic cells that compose them. We review the histological, cytological, kinetic, and other parameters that best characterize the clinical biology of breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University, California 94305.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Stockdale
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000473:pathology*; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009857:Oncogenes; D011379:Prognosis; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D011987:Receptors, Steroid