A morphometric analysis of human breast carcinoma.
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.
D002293:Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged