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====Tabular comparison - histomorphology====
====Tabular comparison - histomorphology====
Comparison of EHUT, ADH and DCIS (memory device: ''CLEAN'' = cell uniformity, luminal spaces, extent/size, arch., nuclei):
Comparison of EHUT, ADH and DCIS (memory device: ''CLEAN'' = cell spacing, luminal spaces, extent/size, arch., nuclei):
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
| || '''EHUT''' || '''ADH''' || '''DCIS'''
| || '''EHUT''' || '''ADH''' || '''DCIS'''
|-
|-
| '''Cellular composition''' || varied || focal uniformity || uniform
| '''Cell spacing''' || varied || focal uniformity || uniform
|-
|-
| '''Lumina''' || slits/irregular spaces; <br>cells haphazardly <br>arranged around lumen || irregular spaces, no slits || circular "punched-out"; <br>cells side-by-side + <br>equally spaced @ interface
| '''Lumina''' || slits/irregular spaces; <br>cells haphazardly <br>arranged around lumen || irregular spaces, no slits || circular "punched-out"; <br>cells side-by-side + <br>equally spaced @ interface
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Treatment - implications:
Treatment - implications:
*EHUT - nothing; EHUT is benign.
*[[EHUT]] - nothing; EHUT is benign.
*ADH - simple excision, i.e. lumpectomy.
*[[ADH]] - simple excision, i.e. lumpectomy.
*DCIS - excision (lumpectomy) + radiation.
*[[DCIS]] - excision (lumpectomy) + radiation.
*Invasive ductal carcinoma - excision with sentinel lymph node biopsy (for staging)<ref>Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: What Breast Cancer Patients Need to Know. cancernews.com. URL: [http://www.cancernews.com/data/Article/202.asp http://www.cancernews.com/data/Article/202.asp]. Accessed on: 9 October 2009.</ref> and radiation.
*Invasive ductal carcinoma - excision with sentinel lymph node biopsy (for staging)<ref>Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: What Breast Cancer Patients Need to Know. cancernews.com. URL: [http://www.cancernews.com/data/Article/202.asp http://www.cancernews.com/data/Article/202.asp]. Accessed on: 9 October 2009.</ref> and radiation.
*Positive sentinel node - systemic chemotherapy. (???)
*Positive sentinel node - systemic chemotherapy. (???)
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