Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A case of matrix-producing carcinoma of the breast | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Open Access A case of matrix-producing carcinoma of the breast Toshiyuki Hirose1 Junko Honda2 Yoshimi Bando3 Mitsunori Sasa 4 Yukiko Hirose2 Taeko Nagao2 and Akira Tangoku2 Address Department of Surgery National Higashi Tokushima Hospital 1-1 Ohmukai-kita Ootera Itano Tokushima 779-0193 Japan 2Department of Oncological and Regenerative Surgery Institute of Health Biosciences The University of Tokushima 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho Tokushima 770-8509 Japan 3Department of Molecular and Environmental Pathology Institute of Health Biosciences The University of Tokushima Graduate School 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho Tokushima 770-8509 Japan and 4Department of Surgery Tokushima Breast Care Clinic 4-7-7 Nakashimada-Cho Tokushima 770-0052 Japan Email Toshiyuki Hirose - toshi-hirose@ Junko Honda - honnda2000@ Yoshimi Bando - yoshimi@ Mitsunori Sasa - breast@ Yukiko Hirose - hirohiro@ Taeko Nagao - tae-nagao@ Akira Tangoku - tangoku@ Corresponding author Published 17 June 2008 Received 26 October 2007 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008 6 60 doi l477-78l 9-6-60 Accepted 17 June 2008 This article is available from http content 6 l 60 2008 Hirose et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Matrix-producing carcinoma MPC of the breast is one variant type of metaplastic carcinoma. The cellular origin of MPC remains unclear. It has been suggested the tumor cells in MPC have the combined characteristics of both epithelial cells and mesenchymal cells. Several reports suggested that the tumor cells in MPC might .
