Rare types of breast carcinoma

• Authors: Daiva Gudaviciene , Laura Steponaviciene , Raimundas Meskauskas , Giedre Smailyte , Eduardas Aleknavicius
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous disease
that encompasses several distinct entities with remarkably
different characteristics. Histological type is one of
important BC characteristics. Histological type is associated
with differences in epidemiology, diagnostic issues,
clinical course, prognosis. When we talk about BC, ductal
and lobular carcinoma is usually what we have in mind.
However, the other types that comprise less than 10% of
BC are also very important. The rarity of many of these
neoplasms does not allow large or randomized studies
to define the optimal treatment. Many of the descriptions
are from case reports and small series. The aim of this retrospective
study was to analyze the data on rare breast
cancers, to describe their main characteristics, and to
calculate survival rates. We believe that the experience of
our institution will contribute to the available data about
these rare breast cancers and help in better understanding
of this subgroup.

Keywords

EN

Breast cancer; Histological type; Epithelialbreast tumors; Rare histological types

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1

Dates

online

24 - 11 - 2014

accepted

26 - 9 - 2014

received

31 - 10 - 2013

Contributors

author

Daiva Gudaviciene

• Nacional Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania

author

Laura Steponaviciene

• Nacional Cancer Institute, Lithuania

author

Raimundas Meskauskas

• National Center of Pathology, Lithuania

author

Giedre Smailyte

• Scientific Research Center, Nacional Cancer Institute,
  Lithuania

author

Eduardas Aleknavicius

• Radiotherapy and drug therapy center,
  Nacional Cancer Institute, Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/med-2015-0016