Characteristics and treatment of metaplastic breast cancer: analysis of 892 cases from the National Cancer Data Base

CM Pezzi, L Patel-Parekh, K Cole, J Franko… - Annals of surgical …, 2007 - Springer
Background Metaplastic breast cancer (MBC) is characterized by various combinations of
adenocarcinoma, mesenchymal, and other epithelial components. It was officially …

Survival outcomes of metaplastic breast cancer patients: results from a US population-based analysis

RA Nelson, ML Guye, T Luu, LL Lai - Annals of surgical oncology, 2015 - Springer
Background Metaplastic breast cancer (MBC) is a rare histologic subtype needing further
characterization. The aim of our study was to compare MBC to infiltrating ductal carcinoma …

A clinicopathologic analysis of 45 patients with metaplastic breast carcinoma

A Cimino-Mathews, S Verma… - American journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objectives: Metaplastic breast carcinomas (MBCs) are rare, aggressive cancers
lacking targeted therapy. Here, we review the clinicopathologic features, treatment, and …

Metaplastic breast cancer: prognosis and response to systemic therapy

D Rayson, AA Adjei, VJ Suman, LE Wold, JN Ingle - Annals of Oncology, 1999 - Elsevier
Background Metaplastic breast cancer is a rare disease with little information available to
guide therapy. The goals of this study were to describe the patient characteristics, systemic …

Lack of efficacy to systemic chemotherapy for treatment of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast in the modern era

IC Chen, CH Lin, CS Huang, HC Lien, C Hsu… - Breast cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast (MCB) is a rare subtype of breast cancer. Anecdotal
reports are available regarding its response to systemic chemotherapy. We reviewed the …

Metaplastic breast cancer: prognostic and therapeutic considerations

G Corso, S Frassoni, A Girardi… - Journal of Surgical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Metaplastic breast cancer (MBC) is a rare condition of breast tumor with different
subtypes, considered a disease with worse prognosis; treatments and survival are often …

Predictive factors on outcomes in metaplastic breast cancer

CM Leyrer, CA Berriochoa, S Agrawal… - Breast Cancer Research …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Metaplastic breast cancer (MBC) is a rare, aggressive variant of breast cancer, with
limited data available regarding treatment and outcomes. This study aims to review patients …

Metaplastic breast cancer: clinicopathological features and its prognosis

H Lee, SY Jung, JY Ro, Y Kwon, JH Sohn… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - jcp.bmj.com
Aims The prognosis of metaplastic breast cancer (MBC) is reportedly worse than that of triple-
negative invasive ductal carcinoma (TN-IDC), but the determinants of poor prognosis are not …

Metaplastic breast cancer: histologic characteristics, prognostic factors and systemic treatment strategies

TL Schwartz, H Mogal, C Papageorgiou… - … hematology & oncology, 2013 - Springer
Metaplastic breast cancer (MBC) is a rare subtype of invasive breast cancer that tends to
have an aggressive clinical presentation as well as a variety of distinct histologic …

The prognoses of metaplastic breast cancer patients compared to those of triple-negative breast cancer patients

SY Bae, SK Lee, MY Koo, SM Hur, MY Choi… - Breast cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
Metaplastic breast carcinoma (MBC) is a rare, heterogeneous breast cancer characterized
by admixture of adenocarcinoma with metaplastic elements, low hormone receptor …