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Well‐differentiated carcinoma of the breast
Author(s) -
Taylor Herbert B.,
Norris Henry J.
Publication year - 1970
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(197003)25:3<687::aid-cncr2820250328>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - medicine , axillary lymph nodes , breast carcinoma , carcinoma , lymph , mastectomy , mammary carcinoma , metastasis , metastatic carcinoma , pathology , mammary gland , breast cancer , oncology , cancer
Well‐differentiated carcinoma is a specific type of mammary carcinoma easily mistaken for sclerosing adenosis because of its deceptively innocent histologic appearance. A study of 33 patients with well‐differentiated carcinoma of the breast was carried out to determine the clinical behavior of the lesion. The clinical findings in these patients were similar to those of women with other types of mammary carcinoma. The tumors tended to be small (median diameter, 1.6 cm), but metastasis to axillary lymph nodes was nonetheless present in 10 patients (30%). The prognosis is quite favorable, even when there are positive axillary lymph nodes, as only one patient in this series died of metastatic carcinoma. Because axillary involvement is almost always limited to 1 or 2 lymph nodes in the lower axillary region, modified mastectomy (Auchincloss) is advocated for this type of carcinoma of the breast.