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Essential Histological Findings in the Female Breast at Autopsy

The Frequency and Appearance of in Situ and Invasive Breast Carcinoma in 83 Unselected Cases

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Early Breast Cancer

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The entity of breast cancer includes in situ and invasive carcinoma according to morphological criteria. Furthermore, proliferative lesions such as atypical ductal hyperplasia and atypical lobular hyperplasia, multiple papillomas, radial scar, juvenile papillomatosis, and cysts have all in some way been reported to be associated with breast cancer.

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Andersen, J.A., Nielsen, M., Jensen, J. (1985). Essential Histological Findings in the Female Breast at Autopsy. In: Zander, J., Baltzer, J. (eds) Early Breast Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70192-4_7

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