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Field cancerization in mammary carcinogenesis - Implications for prevention and treatment of breast cancer.
Experimental and molecular pathology - 1 Dec 2012
Rivenbark Ashley G, Coleman William B
Abstract excerpt
The natural history of breast cancer unfolds with the development of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in normal breast tissue, and evolution of this pre-invasive neoplasm into invasive cancer. The mechanisms that drive these processes are poorly understood, but evidence from the literature suggests that mammary carcinogenesis may occur through the process of field cancerization. Clinical observations are...
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