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<strong>Invasive</strong> Ductal <strong>Carcinoma</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> No <strong>Special</strong> Type<br />

<strong>Invasive</strong> Ductal <strong>Carcinoma</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> No <strong>Special</strong> Type,<br />

Representative Patterns<br />

Basal-Like & Triple-Negative <strong>Breast</strong> Cancers<br />

• Within IDC,NST group there are different outcomes.<br />

• Caused by tumor- & patient-specific characteristics.<br />

• Gene expression microarray taxonomy for breast cancer:<br />

1) Luminal A<br />

2) Luminal B<br />

3) Normal breast-like breast like<br />

4) HER2 over-expressing<br />

5) Basal-like<br />

- Identifies subgroups already known to some extent.<br />

- Stability and/or utility questioned.<br />

- Not being used by UCSD oncologists.<br />

- Yet, the basal-like group has generated interest.<br />

- No clear-cut histologically defined basal-cell in breast.<br />

10/8/2011<br />

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