Metaplastic breast carcinoma: Clinical-pathologic characteristics and HER2/neu expression

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-178

  Barnes, P J ^a   Boutilier, R ^b   Chiasson, D ^a   Rayson, D ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Pictou County District Health Authorities   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; HER2 neu; Metaplastic

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2;

EID: 18844455825     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-7260-y     Document Type: Review

References (26)

1. FA Tavassoli 1992 Classification of metaplastic carcinomas of the breast Pathol Annual 27 Pt 2 89 119
2. PP Rosen 1997 Rosen's Breast Pathology Lippencott-Raven Philadelphia 375 395
3. CW Elston IO Ellis 1998 The Breast Churchill Livingstone Edinburg 323 330
4. ES Wargotz HJ Norris 1989 Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast: III. Carcinosarcoma Cancer 64 1490 1499
5. ES Wargotz PH Deos HJ Norris 1989 Metaplastic carcinomas of breast: II. Spindle cell carcinoma Hum Pathol 20 732 740
6. H Gutman RE Pollock NA Janjan 1995 Biological distributions and therapeutic implications of sarcomatoid metaplasia of epithelial carcinoma of the breast J Am Coll Surg 180 193 199
7. CL Carter C Allen DE. Henson 1989 Relation of tumor size, lymph node status and survival in 24,740 breast cancer cases Cancer 63 181 187
8. JR Harris S. Hellmann 1996 Natural history of breast cancer JR Harris ME Lippmann M Morrow S Hellmann Diseases of the Breast Lippencott-Raven PA Philadelphia 375 391
9. D Rayson AA Adjei VJ Suman 1999 Metaplastic breast cancer: Prognosis and response to systemic therapy Annals of Oncol 10 413 419
10. CW Elston IO Ellis 1991 Pathologic prognostic factors in breast cancer The value of histologic grade in breast cancer. Experience from a large study with long term follow-up. Histopathology 19 403 410
11. HA Oberman 1987 Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast Am J Surg Path 11 351 358
12. MP Foschini RE Dina V. Eusebi 1993 Sarcomatoid neoplasms of the breast: proposed definitions for biphasic and monophasic sarcomatoid mammary carcinomas Seminars in Diag Pathol 10 128 136
13. ES Wargotz HJ Norris 1990 Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast: IV. Squamous cell carcinoma of ductal origin Cancer 65 272
14. N. Weidner 1995 Malignant breast lesions that may mimic benign tumors Seminars in Diagn Pathol 12 2 13
15. C Adem C Reynolds H Adlakha PC Roche AG Nascimento 2002 Wide spectrum screening keratin as a marker of metaplastic spindle cell carcinoma of the breast: an immunohistochemical study of 24 patients Histopathology 40 556 562
16. H Gobbi JF Simpson A Borowsky 1999 Metaplastic breast tumors with a dominant fibromatosis-like phenotype have a high risk of local recurrence Cancer 85 2170 2182
17. N Sneige H Yaziji SR Mandavilli 2001 Low-grade (fibromatosis-like) spindle cell carcinoma of the breast Am J Surg Pathol 25 1009 1016
18. V Eusabi MG Cattan C Ceccarelli 1989 Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the breast: an immunocytochemical study of 14 cases Prog Surg Pathol 10 83 99
19. MW Kaufman JR Marti HS Gallager JL. Hoehn 1984 Carcinoma of the breast with pseudosarcomatous metaplasia Cancer 53 1908 1917
20. ES Wargotz HJ Norris 1989 Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast: I. Matrix-producing carcinoma Hum Pathol 20 628 635
21. ES Wargotz HJ Norris 1990 Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast: V. Metaplastic carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells Hum Pathol 21 1142 1150
22. JM Park BK Han WK Moon 2000 Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast: mammographic and sonographic findings J Clin Ultrasound 28 4 179 186
23. KM Kurian A Al-Nafussi 2002 Sarcomatoid/metaplastic carcinoma of the breast: a clinicopathological study of 12 cases Histopathology 40 1 58 64
24. R Bellino R Arisio F D'Addato 2003 Metaplastic breast carcinoma: pathology and clinical outcome Anticancer Res 23 669 673
25. W Hanna FP O'Malley 2002 Updated recommendations from the HER2/neu consensus meeting- Toronto, Ontario, September 2001 Current Oncol 9 Suppl 1 s18 s20
26. WC Pitts VA Rojas MJ Gaffey 1991 Carcinoma with metaplasia and sarcomas of the breast Am J Clin Pathol 95 623 632