Difference between revisions of "Apocrine carcinoma of the breast"

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*ER -ve.  
*ER -ve.  
*PR -ve.
*PR -ve.
*Her2 -ve


Salivary gland carcinoma and cutaneous adnexal tumors can show a similar IHC profile.
Notes
*Salivary gland carcinoma and cutaneous adnexal tumors can show a similar IHC profile.
*Apocrine carcioma is a non-basal type 'triple negative carcinoma' identified by both morphology and AR positivity<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>.
**May show different behaviour to other types of triple negative carcinoma
**May respond to different treatments


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