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Histological Classification of Breast Cancer

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Breast Cancer

Abstract

Cancer of the breast is one of the most common human neoplasms, accounting for one quarter of all cancers in females. It is associated with the western life style. Risk factors include early menarche and late childbirth. Breast cancer is further characterized by a marked genetic susceptibility. The typing of invasive breast cancer, its histological variants and their grading systems are well established. More difficult is the classification of the pre-invasive breast lesions that are now increasingly detected by mammography.

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    Alessandra Fabbri, Maria Luisa Carcangiu & Antonino Carbone

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Fabbri, A., Carcangiu, M.L., Carbone, A. (2008). Histological Classification of Breast Cancer. In: Bombardieri, E., Gianni, L., Bonadonna, G. (eds) Breast Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36781-9_2

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