Difference between revisions of "Apocrine carcinoma of the breast"

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*Often HER2 +ve but can be HER2 -ve.<ref name=pmid19898421>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Niemeier | first1 = LA. | last2 = Dabbs | first2 = DJ. | last3 = Beriwal | first3 = S. | last4 = Striebel | first4 = JM. | last5 = Bhargava | first5 = R. | title = Androgen receptor in breast cancer: expression in estrogen receptor-positive tumors and in estrogen receptor-negative tumors with apocrine differentiation. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 23 | issue = 2 | pages = 205-12 | month = Feb | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2009.159 | PMID = 19898421 }}</ref>
*Often HER2 +ve but can be HER2 -ve.<ref name=pmid19898421>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Niemeier | first1 = LA. | last2 = Dabbs | first2 = DJ. | last3 = Beriwal | first3 = S. | last4 = Striebel | first4 = JM. | last5 = Bhargava | first5 = R. | title = Androgen receptor in breast cancer: expression in estrogen receptor-positive tumors and in estrogen receptor-negative tumors with apocrine differentiation. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 23 | issue = 2 | pages = 205-12 | month = Feb | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2009.159 | PMID = 19898421 }}</ref>


Notes
Notes:
*Salivary gland carcinoma and cutaneous adnexal tumors can show a similar IHC profile.
*[[Salivary duct carcinoma]] and cutaneous adnexal tumours can show a similar IHC profile.
*Apocrine carcioma can be a non-basal type 'triple negative carcinoma' <ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tsutsumi | first1 = Y. | title = Apocrine carcinoma as triple-negative breast cancer: novel definition of apocrine-type carcinoma as estrogen/progesterone receptor-negative and androgen receptor-positive invasive ductal carcinoma. | journal = Jpn J Clin Oncol | volume = 42 | issue = 5 | pages = 375-86 | month = May | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1093/jjco/hys034 | PMID = 22450930 }}</ref>.
*Apocrine carcioma can be a non-basal type 'triple negative carcinoma'.<ref name=pmid22450930>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tsutsumi | first1 = Y. | title = Apocrine carcinoma as triple-negative breast cancer: novel definition of apocrine-type carcinoma as estrogen/progesterone receptor-negative and androgen receptor-positive invasive ductal carcinoma. | journal = Jpn J Clin Oncol | volume = 42 | issue = 5 | pages = 375-86 | month = May | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1093/jjco/hys034 | PMID = 22450930 }}</ref>
**May show different behaviour to other types of triple negative carcinoma
**May show different behaviour to other types of triple negative carcinoma.
**May respond to treatments targeting the androgen receptor<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Safarpour | first1 = D. | last2 = Tavassoli | first2 = FA. | title = A Targetable Androgen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Subtype Hidden Among the Triple-Negative Cancers. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2014 | doi = 10.5858/arpa.2014-0122-RA | PMID = 25310144 }}
**May respond to treatments targeting the androgen receptor.<ref name=pmid25310144>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Safarpour | first1 = D. | last2 = Tavassoli | first2 = FA. | title = A Targetable Androgen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Subtype Hidden Among the Triple-Negative Cancers. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2014 | doi = 10.5858/arpa.2014-0122-RA | PMID = 25310144 }}</ref>
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*Be careful when reading the literature in this area - is the author discussing 'molecular apocrine' (ER -ve, AR +ve) or 'morphologic apocrine' carcinoma.   
*Be careful when reading the literature in this area - is the author discussing 'molecular apocrine' (ER -ve, AR +ve) or 'morphologic apocrine' carcinoma.   
*Many ductal carcinomas, NOS will show AR positivity but are often ER +ve.
*Many [[invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast|ductal carcinomas, NOS]] show AR positivity but are often ER +ve.


==See also==
==See also==
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