Overdiagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer due to Mammography Screening.
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Name: Annals of internal medicine
ISSN: 1539-3704
Pages: 220-1
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22868851
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-3-201208070-00024
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Carcinoma, Lobular
A infiltrating (invasive) breast cancer, relatively uncommon, accounting for only 5%-10% of breast tumors in most series. It is often an area of ill-defined thickening in the breast, in contrast to the dominant lump characteristic of ductal carcinoma. It is typically composed of small cells in a linear arrangement with a tendency to grow around ducts and lobules. There is likelihood of axillary nodal involvement with metastasis to meningeal and serosal surfaces. (DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1205)
Mammography
Radiographic examination of the breast.
Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms
Metastatic breast cancer characterized by EDEMA and ERYTHEMA of the affected breast due to LYMPHATIC METASTASIS and eventual obstruction of LYMPHATIC VESSELS by the cancer cells.
Mucin-1
Carbohydrate antigen elevated in patients with tumors of the breast, ovary, lung, and prostate as well as other disorders. The mucin is expressed normally by most glandular epithelia but shows particularly increased expression in the breast at lactation and in malignancy. It is thus an established serum marker for breast cancer.
Breast Neoplasms
Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST.
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Overdiagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer due to Mammography Screening.
Overdiagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer due to Mammography Screening.
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