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. 1981 Jul;34(7):738–743. doi: 10.1136/jcp.34.7.738

Prognostic value of measurement of elastosis in breast carcinoma.

A J Robertson, R A Brown, I A Cree, J B MacGillivray, W Slidders, J S Beck
PMCID: PMC493803  PMID: 7263902

Abstract

The extent of elastosis in the stroma within the anatomical "tumour" in 80 patients with breast carcinoma was assessed by observational microscopy using a 4-point grading system, and measured by semiautomated histometry as an area percentage with a Quantimet 720 image-analysing computer. In this retrospective study, measurement of elastosis in tissue removed at time of initial diagnosis was shown to have little value for prediction of duration of survival.

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