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A 70 year-old woman with a family history of breast cancer has a lumpectomy after a breast mass is identified during screening mammography. If pathological, histological, and cytogenetic studies were performed, which of the following would be most suggestive of adenocarcinoma?

A. Desmoplastic surrounding tissues
B. Encapsulated tumor
C. Polyclonality
D. Predominantly interphase cells
E. Well-differentiated cells

no idea...A?

ya its a...

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hmmm would that be the clear concept of Desmoplasia. I would preferably go with D because it says the cell cycle is active