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Breast adenocarcinoma

MedGen UID:
167809
Concept ID:
C0858252
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Breast adenocarcinoma, somatic; Breast cancer, somatic
SNOMED CT: Adenocarcinoma of breast (865954003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004988

Definition

The most common histologic type of breast carcinoma. Representative examples include invasive ductal carcinoma not otherwise specified, ductal carcinoma in situ, inflammatory carcinoma, secretory carcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, tubular carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, and lobular carcinoma in situ. [from NCI]

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PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Bertoglio P, Ventura L, Aprile V, Cattoni MA, Nachira D, Lococo F, Rodriguez Perez M, Guerrera F, Minervini F, Gnetti L, Lenzini A, Franzi F, Querzoli G, Rindi G, Bellafiore S, Femia F, Bogina GS, Bacchin D, Kestenholz P, Ruffini E, Paci M, Margaritora S, Imperatori AS, Lucchi M, Ampollini L, Terzi AC
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Aebi S, Karlsson P, Wapnir IL
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Clin Breast Cancer 2017 Jul;17(4):286-292. Epub 2017 Jan 17 doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2017.01.001. PMID: 28188107

Diagnosis

Loch A, Teoh VWY, Hilmi IN
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Liu Z, Wu H, Wei Z, Wang X, Shen P, Wang S, Wang A, Chen W, Lu Y
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2016 Sep;142(9):1871-81. Epub 2016 Jan 23 doi: 10.1007/s00432-015-2112-1. PMID: 26803314
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Therapy

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Aebi S, Karlsson P, Wapnir IL
Breast 2022 Mar;62 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S58-S62. Epub 2021 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2021.12.011. PMID: 34930650Free PMC Article
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Orciani M, Sorgentoni G, Olivieri F, Mattioli-Belmonte M, Di Benedetto G, Di Primio R
Clin Breast Cancer 2017 Jul;17(4):286-292. Epub 2017 Jan 17 doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2017.01.001. PMID: 28188107
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Bull Cancer 2005 Feb;92(2):E13-8. PMID: 15749638

Prognosis

Calvillo-Argüelles O, Thampinathan B, Somerset E, Shalmon T, Amir E, Steve Fan CP, Moon S, Abdel-Qadir H, Thevakumaran Y, Day J, Woo A, Wintersperger BJ, Marwick TH, Thavendiranathan P
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2022 Jun 15;35(1) doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivac047. PMID: 35188192Free PMC Article
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Clinical prediction guides

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Recent systematic reviews

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