Breast malignant, males, children - Ductal NOS mixed type carcinoma

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Breast malignant, males, children

Carcinoma subtypes

Ductal NOS mixed type carcinoma

Reviewer: Monika Roychowdhury, M.D., (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 10 October 2012, last major update October 2012
Copyright: (c) 2001-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

General
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● Part of WHO classification
● Ductal NOS: >50% must have non-specialized pattern
● Mixed type carcinoma: 10-49% of tumor has ductal NOS pattern and remainder has a special pattern
● Mixed types are either mixed ductal and special type or mixed ductal and lobular carcinoma

Clinical description
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● For special types with good prognosis when pure, mixed tumors often have intermediate prognosis between special type and ductal NOS

End of Breast malignant, males, children > Carcinoma subtypes > Ductal NOS mixed type carcinoma

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