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Breast-malignant, males, children

Mixed type carcinoma

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

Reviewer: Daniel Visscher, M.D., University of Michigan Hospitals, February 2009 (see Reviewers page)

Revised: 24 September 2009

Last major update: September 2009

Definition

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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

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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 > Mixed type carcinoma

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