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![]() | Media file 1: Inflammatory breast cancer. |
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![]() | Media file 3: Nipple retraction due to breast cancer. |
![]() | Media file 4: Metastatic breast cancer to the back. |
![]() | Media file 5: Radical mastectomy defect. |
![]() | Media file 6: Breast cancer. Lobular carcinoma in situ. Enlargement and expansion of lobule with monotonous population of neoplastic cells. |
![]() | Media file 7: Breast cancer. Lobular carcinoma in situ. Enlargement and expansion of lobule with monotonous population of neoplastic cells. |
![]() | Media file 8: Breast cancer. Infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Low-grade carcinoma with well-developed glands invading the fibrous stroma. |
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![]() | Media file 10: Breast cancer. Intraductal carcinoma, noncomedo type. Distended duct with intact basement membrane, micropapillary, and early cribriform growth pattern. |
![]() | Media file 11: Breast cancer. Papillary carcinoma. Solid papillary growth pattern with early cribriform and well-developed thin papillary fronds. |
![]() | Media file 12: Breast cancer. Inflammatory carcinoma. Nests of tumor cells plugging dermal lymphatics. |
![]() | Media file 13: Breast cancer. Colloid (mucinous) carcinoma. Nests of tumor cells in pool of extracellular mucin. |
![]() | Media file 14: Breast cancer. Estrogen receptor, immunostain. Positive staining of tumor cell nuclei with monoclonal antibody to estrogen receptor. |
![]() | Media file 15: Breast cancer. Her-2/neu overexpression. Infiltrating carcinoma with strong membrane immunoreactivity representing Her-2/neu overexpression. |
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Keywords
breast cancer, mastectomy, radical mastectomy, lumpectomy, radiation therapy, XRT, breast cancer treatment, breast cancer causes, breast cancer symptoms, chemotherapy, benign lesions, malignant lesions, epithelial tumors, intraductal papilloma, adenoma, intraductal carcinoma, invasive carcinoma, Paget disease of the nipple
invasive ductal carcinoma, phyllodes tumor, carcinosarcoma, ductal carcinoma in situ, DCIS, lobular carcinoma in situ, LCIS, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Muir-Torre syndrome, Cowden disease, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, mutation, mutation, adenocarcinoma, tubular carcinoma, mucinous carcinoma, colloid carcinoma, mucin, medullary carcinoma, mammography, inflammatory breast cancer






























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