Fibrocystic Breast Disease
"Fibrocystic Breast Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A common and benign breast disease characterized by varying degree of fibrocystic changes in the breast tissue. There are three major patterns of morphological changes, including FIBROSIS, formation of CYSTS, and proliferation of glandular tissue (adenosis). The fibrocystic breast has a dense irregular, lumpy, bumpy consistency.
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D005348
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MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.090.750
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Concept/Terms |
Fibrocystic Breast Disease- Fibrocystic Breast Disease
- Breast Disease, Fibrocystic
- Disease, Fibrocystic Breast
- Fibrocystic Changes of Breast
- Breast Fibrocystic Change
- Breast Fibrocystic Changes
- Mammary Dysplasia
- Dysplasia, Mammary
- Fibrocystic Disease of Breast
- Breast Fibrocystic Disease
- Fibrocystic Mastopathy
- Mastopathy, Fibrocystic
- Breast Dysplasia
- Dysplasia, Breast
Microglandular Adenosis- Microglandular Adenosis
- Adenoses, Microglandular
- Adenosis, Microglandular
- Microglandular Adenoses
- Adenosis of Breast
- Breast Adenosis
Cystic Breast Disease- Cystic Breast Disease
- Breast Disease, Cystic
- Disease, Cystic Breast
- Cystic Disease of Breast
- Breast Cystic Disease
- Breast Cystic Diseases
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1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fibrocystic Breast Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Zhao X, Goswami M, Pokhriyal N, Ma H, Du H, Yao J, Victor TA, Polyak K, Sturgis CD, Band H, Band V. Cyclooxygenase-2 expression during immortalization and breast cancer progression. Cancer Res. 2008 Jan 15; 68(2):467-75.
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Sitterding SM, Wiseman WR, Schiller CL, Luan C, Chen F, Moyano JV, Watkin WG, Wiley EL, Cryns VL, Diaz LK. AlphaB-crystallin: a novel marker of invasive basal-like and metaplastic breast carcinomas. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2008 Feb; 12(1):33-40.
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Drukker K, Horsch K, Giger ML. Multimodality computerized diagnosis of breast lesions using mammography and sonography. Acad Radiol. 2005 Aug; 12(8):970-9.
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Lengyel E, Prechtel D, Resau JH, Gauger K, Welk A, Lindemann K, Salanti G, Richter T, Knudsen B, Vande Woude GF, Harbeck N. C-Met overexpression in node-positive breast cancer identifies patients with poor clinical outcome independent of Her2/neu. Int J Cancer. 2005 Feb 10; 113(4):678-82.
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Prasad ML, Hyjek E, Giri DD, Ying L, O'Leary JJ, Hoda SA. Double immunolabeling with cytokeratin and smooth-muscle actin in confirming early invasive carcinoma of breast. Am J Surg Pathol. 1999 Feb; 23(2):176-81.
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Jiang Y, Nishikawa RM, Schmidt RA, Metz CE, Giger ML, Doi K. Improving breast cancer diagnosis with computer-aided diagnosis. Acad Radiol. 1999 Jan; 6(1):22-33.
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Tóth J, De Sombre ER, Greene GL. Immunohistochemical analysis of estrogen and progesterone receptors in benign breast diseases. Zentralbl Pathol. 1991; 137(3):227-32.
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Berger U, Wilson P, Thethi S, McClelland RA, Greene GL, Coombes RC. Comparison of an immunocytochemical assay for progesterone receptor with a biochemical method of measurement and immunocytochemical examination of the relationship between progesterone and estrogen receptors. Cancer Res. 1989 Sep 15; 49(18):5176-9.
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