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Secretory carcinoma

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Histopathology of secretory carcinoma, high magnification. H&E stain. It characteristically shows nests of tumor surrounded by stroma, where the nests have microcystic and adenoid structures with eosinophilic secretions.

Secretory carcinoma is a very rare type of breast cancer.[1] Secretory carcinomas generally have favorable prognosis, despite not expressing the estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor or HER2.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aktepe F, Sarsenov D, Özmen V (2016). "Secretory Carcinoma of the Breast.". J Breast Health 12 (4): 174–176. doi:10.5152/bs.2016.3249. PMID 28331758. PMC 5351444. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28331758. 



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