Multicentric breast cancer

Last revised by Vikas Shah on 27 Jul 2022

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Citation:

Radswiki T, Shah V, Knipe H, Multicentric breast cancer. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 04 Dec 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15321

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-15321

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/15321

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15321

Article created:

9 Oct 2011, The Radswiki ◉

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Last revised:

27 Jul 2022, Vikas Shah ◉

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At the time the article was last revised Vikas Shah had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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2 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Breast

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Gamuts

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Synonyms:

Multicentric breast cancer
Multicentric breast carcinoma
Multicentric breast cancers

A multicentric breast cancer is a term given to a breast cancer where there are two or more breast cancers separated by normal breast tissue (often taken as 5 cm of separation ⁴). It is related to but distinct from the term multifocal breast cancer.

At a pathological level It can also mean ²

tumor with minimum one satellite node in the same or another quadrant of the breast
minimum one cut through the breast without tumor cells
histopathologically, discontinued tumors with intra-ductal invasion.

Some authors also use the term multicentric breast cancer when there are tumor foci involving more than one quadrant.