"Breast" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.
| Descriptor ID |
D001940
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.236
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Breast" by people in this website by year, and whether "Breast" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2022 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2023 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Breast" by people in Profiles.
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Tactile localization of the breast, areola, and nipple. Elife. 2026 Jun 11; 14.
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Population arterial input function measured from low dose breast ultrafast dynamic contrast enhanced MRI and fitted with a new mathematic model. Magn Reson Imaging. 2026 07; 130:110671.
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Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening: The WISDOM Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2026 03 03; 335(9):763-774.
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Outcomes of Density-Targeted Supplemental Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening by Breast Cancer Risk: Long-Term Health and Economic Considerations. Ann Intern Med. 2026 Apr; 179(4):486-496.
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Evaluating the Association Between Allostatic Load and Malignancy on Image-Guided Breast Biopsy. J Am Coll Radiol. 2026 02; 23(2):246-255.
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A Translational Research Leveraging Diagnostic Accuracy of Innovations in MRI as a Model for Early Breast Cancer Detection in Uganda. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2025 Jan-Dec; 24:15330338251356549.
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Predicting Resection Weights of Reduction Mammaplasty: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Analysis Using Machine Learning. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2026 01 01; 157(1):9-17.
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Outcomes of Implementation of a Same-Day Breast Biopsy Program in a Safety-Net Public Hospital. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 07; 22(7):758-765.
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Breast Cancer Screening Using Mammography, Digital Breast Tomosynthesis, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Breast Density. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 10 01; 184(10):1222-1231.
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Assessing the Correlation between Allostatic Load and False-Positive Image-Guided Breast Biopsies. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Sep; 33(9):1259-1266.