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Epithelial invasion of nerves in benign diseases of the breast
Author(s) -
Taylor Herbert B.,
Norris Henry J.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196712)20:12<2245::aid-cncr2820201227>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , pathology , perineural invasion , breast biopsy , breast cancer , carcinoma , mammary gland , cancer , mammography
Review of sections from 1000 consecutive breast biopsy specimens coded as sclerosing adenosis disclosed nerve or perineural invasion in 20 lesions. Follow‐up information showed that all patients with data available were living and well at the time of contact; the median follow‐up interval was 7 years. This included 17 patients whose only definitive treatment was the biopsy. Although involvement of nerves by glandular epithelium is usually regarded as a feature of cancerous rather than benign growths, its presence in lesions of the breast does not by itself justify a diagnosis of carcinoma.