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===Invasive versus non-invasive===
===Invasive versus non-invasive===
Myoepithelial markers - typically lost in invasive carcinoma:<ref name=Ref_BP276>{{Ref BP|276}}</ref>
Myoepithelial markers - typically lost in invasive carcinoma:<ref>{{Ref Lester3|88}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"  
!Stain
!Stain
!Location
!Notes
!Notes
|-
|-
| p63
| p63
| up to 10% of invasive tumour +ve
| nuclear
| up to 10% of invasive tumours +ve<ref name=Ref_BP276>{{Ref BP|276}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Sommoth muscle actin (SMA)
| Smooth muscle actin (SMA)
| cytoplasmic
| stains myofibroblasts & blood vessels
| stains myofibroblasts & blood vessels
|-
|-
| Calponin
| Calponin
| cytoplasmic
| stains myofibroblasts & blood vessels
| stains myofibroblasts & blood vessels
|-
|-
| Smooth muscle myosin <br>heavy chain (SMMS)
| Smooth muscle myosin <br>heavy chain (SMM-HC)
| cytoplasmic stain of myoepithelial cells
| cytoplasmic
| stains myofibroblasts & blood vessels
|}
|}


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