WHO classification of tumours of the breast / / edited by Sunil R. Lakhani [and four others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465988403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lyon, [France] : , : International Agency for Research on Cancer, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 92-832-4489-3; 92-832-4488-5
• Edizione: [4th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Collana: World Health Organization Classification of Tumours
• Disciplina: 616.99449
• Soggetti: Breast - Cancer; Breast - Tumors; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; WHO classification of tumours of the breast; TNM classification of tumours of the breast; 1 Introduction and general features; 2 Invasive carcinoma of no special type; 3 Special subtypes; Invasive lobular carcinoma; Tubular carcinoma and cribriform carcinoma; Carcinoma with medullary features; Metaplastic carcinoma; Carcinoma with apocrine differentiation; Salivary gland/skin adnexal type tumours; Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Polymorphous carcinoma; Mucinous carcinoma and carcinoma with signet-ring-cell differentiation; Carcinoma with neuroendocrine featuresInvasive papillary carcinoma; Invasive micropapillary carcinoma; Inflammatory carcinoma; Bilateral breast carcinoma and non-synchronous breast carcinorna; Exceptionally rare types and variants; Secretory carcinoma; Oncocytic carcinoma; Sebaceous carcinoma; Lipid-rich carcinoma; Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma; Acinic cell carcinoma; 4 Lobular neoplasia; 5 Intraductal proliferative lesions; Introduction and overview; Usual ductal hyperplasia; Columnar cell lesions; Atypical ductal hyperplasia; Ductal carcinoma in situ; 6 Microinvasive carcinoma; 7 Intraductal papillary lesionsIntraductal papilloma; Intraductal ; papillary carcinoma; Encapsulated papillary carcinoma; Solid papillary carcinoma; 8 Benign epithelial proliferations; Introduction; Adenosis, sclerosing adenosis and apocrine adenosis; Microglandular adenosis, atypicalmicroglandular adenosis and microglandular adenosis with carcinoma; Radial scar and complex sclerosing lesion; Tubular adenoma; Lactating adenoma; Apocrine adenoma; Ductal adenoma; Pleomorphic adenoma; 9 Myoepithelial and epithelial-myoepithelial lesions; Myoepithelial and epithelial-myoepithelial lesions; Adenomyoepithelioma and adenomyoepithelioma with carcinoma10 Mesenchymal tumours; Nodular fasciitis; Benign vascular lesions; Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia; Myofibroblastoma; Desmoid-type fibromatosis; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour; Lipoma; Granular cell tumour and benign peripheral nerve-sheath tumour; Angiosarcoma; Liposarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Osteosarcoma; Leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma; 11 Fibroepithelial tumours; Fibroadenoma; Phyllodes tumour; Hamartoma; 12 Tumours of the nipple; Nipple adenoma; Syringomatous tumour; Paget disease; 13 Lymphoid and haematopoietic tumours; IntroductionDiffuse large B-cell lymphoma; Burkitt lymphoma; T-cell lymphoma; Extranodal marginal zone lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; Follicular lymphoma; 14 Metastases of extramammary malignancies to the breast; 15 Tumours of the male breast; Gynaecomastia; Carcinoma of the male breast; 16 Genetic susceptibility: inherited syndromes; Introduction and historical perspectives; Inherited syndromes associated with an increased risk of breast cancer: Introduction; BRCA1 and BRCA2 syndromes; Li-Fraumeni syndrome; Ataxia telangiectasia syndrome; Cowden syndrome; Lynch syndrome; Other breast cancer-predisposing genes