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Review
. 2000 Sep 23;321(7263):745-50.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.745.

ABC of breast diseases: breast cancer

J R Sainsbury, T J Anderson, D A Morgan
Review

ABC of breast diseases: breast cancer

J R Sainsbury et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Carcinoma in situ affecting a breast lobule
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Invasive carcinomas showing diffuse infiltration through breast tissue: grade I (left), grade II (centre), and grade III (right)
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Invasive carcinomas showing diffuse infiltration through breast tissue: grade I (left), grade II (centre), and grade III (right)
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Invasive carcinomas showing diffuse infiltration through breast tissue: grade I (left), grade II (centre), and grade III (right)
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Survival associated with invasive breast cancer according to tumour grade
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Tumour cells in lymphatic or vascular space
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Wide local excision showing invasive and in situ cancer which has been completely excised. As the lesion was very close to the skin, overlying skin has been removed
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Survival associated with invasive breast cancer according to stage of disease
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Patient who was treated with breast conservation and developed a new primary cancer in the lower part of treated breast. The metal clips mark the site of the original cancer. Approximately 20% of so-called breast recurrences after breast conservation are second primary cancers
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Patient with a poor cosmetic result after breast conservation before (left) and after (right) a myocutaneous flap reconstruction
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Patient with a poor cosmetic result after breast conservation before (left) and after (right) a myocutaneous flap reconstruction
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MRI showing an enhanced lesion in the breast characteristic of local recurrence
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Effect of radiotherapy on local recurrence after wide local excision
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Effect of radiotherapy on local recurrence after quadrantectomy
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Survival results in the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group trial 82b comparing CMF (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil) chemotherapy and radiation therapy to chemotherapy alone in premenopausal patients treated with mastectomy
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Survival results in the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group trial 82c comparing tamoxifen (TAM) and radiation therapy (RT) to tamoxifen alone in postmenopausal patients treated with mastectomy
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Good cosmetic result after breast conserving surgery and breast radiotherapy
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Patient with cutaneous radionecrosis
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After excision and latissimus dorsi flap
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