Lattice-based model of ductal carcinoma in situ suggests rules for breast cancer progression to an invasive state.

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a heterogeneous group of non-invasive lesions of the breast that result from abnormal proliferation of mammary epithelial cells. Pathologists characterize DCIS by four tissue morphologies (micropapillary, cribriform, solid, and comedo), but the underlying mechanism...

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Main Authors: Eline Boghaert, Derek C Radisky, Celeste M Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4256017?pdf=render