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J Clin Pathol 58:1185-1188 doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.026906
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CD44s is useful in the differentiation of benign and malignant papillary lesions of the breast

Table 1

 Numbers of CD44 positive and negative cases among the different categories of papillary lesions

Types Subtypes CD44 positive CD44 negative Total
DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ.
Papilloma 45 (45%) 56 (55%) 101
Papillary carcinoma Papillary DCIS 3 (7%) 38 (93%) 41
DCIS involving papillomas 1 (9%) 10 (91%) 11
Invasive papillary carcinoma 1 (17%) 6 (83%) 7

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