Triple-negative apocrine carcinoma as a rare cause of a breast lump in a Syrian female: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
BMC Women's Health, 2021 Background Apocrine carcinoma is a rare tumor that constitutes < 4% of all breast malignancies, characterized by the proliferation of large atypical cells with strictly defined borders, abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, large nuclei, and prominent ...
Sawsan Ismail +5 more
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Primary Cutaneous Cribriform Apocrine Carcinoma. [PDF]
Am J Case Rep, 2021 Patient: Male, 56-year-old Final Diagnosis: Apocrine carcinoma Symptoms: Lesion on skin Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Dermatology Objective: Rare disease Background: Primary cutaneous cribriform apocrine carcinoma is a histopathological ...
Boettler M, Hickmann MA, Travers JB.
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Apocrine carcinoma of the breast: A brief update on the molecular features and targetable biomarkers [PDF]
Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2017 Apocrine carcinoma of the breast is a rare, primary breast cancer characterized by the apocrine morphology, estrogen receptor-negative and androgen receptor-positive profile with a frequent overexpression of Her-2/neu protein (~30%).
Semir Vranic +2 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019 Primary cutaneous apocrine carcinoma (PCAC) is an extremely rare malignancy. Distinguishing apocrine carcinoma from breast carcinoma metastasis is difficult. Only a few cases reported as PCAC of the scalp and primarily treated by wide local excision. The
Hadi Al-Hakami +4 more
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The assessment of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in invasive apocrine carcinoma of the breast in relation to the HER2 status. [PDF]
Biomol Biomed, 2023 In the current study, we assessed the prevalence and molecular features of HER2-low phenotype in the apocrine carcinomas of the breast (ApoCa) and its relationship with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs).
Gatalica Z +6 more
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Genomic characteristics of triple negative apocrine carcinoma: a comparison to triple negative breast cancer. [PDF]
Exp Mol Med, 2023 Apocrine carcinoma is a rare breast cancer subtype. As such, the genomic characteristics of apocrine carcinoma with triple negative immunohistochemical results (TNAC), which has been treated as triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), have not been revealed.
Kim JY +12 more
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Primary Cutaneous Apocrine Carcinoma and Syringocystadenoma Papilliferum Arising in Nevus Sebaceus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. [PDF]
Ann Dermatol, 2023 Nevus sebaceus is a hamartomatous lesion characterized by epidermal, follicular, sebaceus, and apocrine gland abnormalities. Approximately 25% of affected individuals may develop benign or malignant secondary neoplasms within the preceding nevus sebaceus.
Kim JW, Shin JW, Huh CH.
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Primary cutaneous apocrine carcinoma of the scalp: Two case reports and literature review. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2022 Rationale: Apocrine carcinoma is a rare malignant sweat gland tumor that has been reported in approximately 200 cases. This tumor usually occurs in the axilla, but in rare cases, it can also develop in the scalp. In the present work, we report 2 cases of
Choi JH +7 more
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HER2-positive apocrine carcinoma of the breast: a population-based analysis of treatment and outcome. [PDF]
Breast Cancer Res Treat, 2022 Purpose Apocrine carcinoma of the breast (APO) expresses HER2 in 30–50% of cases. This study explored the clinicopathological features and outcome of HER2+/APO and matched HER2+/NST cohort.
Skenderi F +5 more
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Triple-negative apocrine carcinoma: A rare pathologic subtype with a better prognosis than other triple-negative breast cancers. [PDF]
J Surg Oncol, 2020 Apocrine adenocarcinoma is a rare subtype of breast cancer. We sought to compare the characteristics and survival of patients diagnosed with triple‐negative apocrine adenocarcinoma to those of patients diagnosed with triple‐negative invasive ductal ...
Arciero CA +6 more
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