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*There are various way to subclassify this subtype of breast cancer. This a consequence of physician automomy. | *There are various way to subclassify this subtype of breast cancer. This a consequence of physician automomy. | ||
**There is a series of articles on the topic by ''Wargotz & Norris'' that is quite old... yet it is mentioned in ''Sterberg'':<ref>{{Ref Sternberg5|328}}</ref> | **There is a series of articles on the topic by ''Wargotz & Norris'' that is quite old... yet it is mentioned in ''Sterberg'':<ref>{{Ref Sternberg5|328}}</ref> | ||
*#Matrix-producing carcinoma<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wargotz | first1 = ES. | last2 = Norris | first2 = HJ. | title = Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast. I. Matrix-producing carcinoma. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 20 | issue = 7 | pages = 628-35 | month = Jul | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2544506 }}</ref> | *#Matrix-producing carcinoma:<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wargotz | first1 = ES. | last2 = Norris | first2 = HJ. | title = Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast. I. Matrix-producing carcinoma. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 20 | issue = 7 | pages = 628-35 | month = Jul | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2544506 }}</ref> | ||
*#Spindle cell carcinoma<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wargotz | first1 = ES. | last2 = Deos | first2 = PH. | last3 = Norris | first3 = HJ. | title = Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast. II. Spindle cell carcinoma. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 20 | issue = 8 | pages = 732-40 | month = Aug | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2473024 }}</ref> - better prognosis than other metaplastic carcinomas. | *#*Features: cartilaginous and/or osseous stromal matrix; '''no''' osteoclastic giant cells. | ||
*#Carcinosarcoma<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wargotz | first1 = ES. | last2 = Norris | first2 = HJ. | title = Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast. III. Carcinosarcoma. | journal = Cancer | volume = 64 | issue = 7 | pages = 1490-9 | month = Oct | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2776108 }}</ref> | *#Spindle cell carcinoma:<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wargotz | first1 = ES. | last2 = Deos | first2 = PH. | last3 = Norris | first3 = HJ. | title = Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast. II. Spindle cell carcinoma. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 20 | issue = 8 | pages = 732-40 | month = Aug | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2473024 }}</ref> | ||
*#Squamous cell carcinoma of ductal origin<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wargotz | first1 = ES. | last2 = Norris | first2 = HJ. | title = Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast. IV. Squamous cell carcinoma of ductal origin. | journal = Cancer | volume = 65 | issue = 2 | pages = 272-6 | month = Jan | year = 1990 | doi = | PMID = 2153044 }}</ref> | *#*Features: (non-malignant) spindle cells. | ||
*#Metaplastic carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells | *#*Prognosis: better prognosis than other metaplastic carcinomas. | ||
*#Carcinosarcoma:<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wargotz | first1 = ES. | last2 = Norris | first2 = HJ. | title = Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast. III. Carcinosarcoma. | journal = Cancer | volume = 64 | issue = 7 | pages = 1490-9 | month = Oct | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2776108 }}</ref> | |||
*#*Features: malignant mesenchymal element. | |||
*#*Prognosis: survival worse when compared to other metaplastic carcinomas. | |||
*#Squamous cell carcinoma of ductal origin:<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wargotz | first1 = ES. | last2 = Norris | first2 = HJ. | title = Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast. IV. Squamous cell carcinoma of ductal origin. | journal = Cancer | volume = 65 | issue = 2 | pages = 272-6 | month = Jan | year = 1990 | doi = | PMID = 2153044 }}</ref> | |||
*#*Features: purely squamous; metastases are squamous cell carcinoma. | |||
*#Metaplastic carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells:<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wargotz | first1 = ES. | last2 = Norris | first2 = HJ. | title = Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast: V. Metaplastic carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 21 | issue = 11 | pages = 1142-50 | month = Nov | year = 1990 | doi = | PMID = 2227922 }}</ref> | |||
*#*Features: osteoclastic [[giant cells]]. | |||
**The WHO subclassifies as follows:<ref>{{Ref BP|214}}</ref> | **The WHO subclassifies as follows:<ref>{{Ref BP|214}}</ref> | ||
*#Epithelial - includes: squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma with spindle cell differentiation, adenosquamous carcinoma. | *#Epithelial - includes: squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma with spindle cell differentiation, adenosquamous carcinoma. |
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