Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Metaplastic Breast Cancer and p16 Positivity: What Does It Mean?

Metaplastic breast cancer is a heterogeneous group of malignant breast tumors having different morphologic subtypes. Considerable variations exist in different ethnic groups.
Metaplastic Breast Cancer

The incidence of metaplastic breast cancer is reported to be 0.2-1 percent of breast cancer and it is rare in the west.

MBC is referred to tumor when conventional breast carcinoma contains a metaplastic component ranging from <10% - >50%

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