Items tagged “breastcancer”
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Breast cancer (staging)
Breast cancer staging refers to TNM classification of breast carcinomas. The system applies to epithelial malignancies and does not apply to breast sarcomas, phyllodes tumor, or breast lymphomas. The following article reflects the 8th edition manual published by the American Joint Committee on C...
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Breast cancer metastases
Metastases from breast cancer can be a frequent finding in routine oncoradiological practice.
Clinical presentation
With the universal use and acceptance of screening mammography, the isolated clinical presentation from metastases from breast carcinoma has become rare in clinical practice. His...
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Male breast cancer
Male breast cancer is exceptionally rare and only accounts for less than 0.25% of male malignancies and ~0.5-1% of all breast cancer (both genders). The diagnosis is sometimes delayed due to the patient's hesitancy to seek advice. Workup from a radiological point of view is the same as for women...
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Mucinous carcinoma of the breast
Mucinous carcinoma of the breast, also known as colloid breast carcinoma, mucoid breast carcinoma, or gelatinous breast carcinoma, is a subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). They account for about ~2% (range 1-7% 4) of breast cancers.
Epidemiology
It tends to occur in older women where ...
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Fibrosarcoma of the breast
Fibrosarcoma of the breast is a type of malignant stromal sarcoma that rarely occurs as a primary tumor within the breast.
Pathology
A fibrosarcoma is composed of immature mesenchymal elements surrounded by a collagenous substance. It is a type of breast sarcoma with a predominant “herringbon...
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Tubulolobular carcinoma of the breast
A tubulolobular carcinoma (TLC) of the breast is considered a subtype of breast cancer that features of both invasive lobular carcinoma and tubular carcinoma of the breast. It therefore exhibits features of both ductal and lobular differentiation. Multifocality, muticentricity and percentage of ...
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