Overview

NCI Definition: The most common histologic type of breast carcinoma. Representative examples include invasive ductal carcinoma not otherwise specified, ductal carcinoma in situ, inflammatory carcinoma, secretory carcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, tubular carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, and lobular carcinoma in situ. [1]

Significant Genes in Breast Adenocarcinoma

AKT1 +

BRCA1 +

BRCA2 +

ERBB2 +

ESR1 +

KRAS +

PIK3CA +

PTEN +

Disease Details

Synonyms
Metastatic adenocarcinoma, c/w breast primary, Adenocarcinoma of the Breast, Mammary adenocarcinoma, Adenocarcinoma of Breast
Parent(s)
Breast Carcinoma
Children
Mixed Lobular and Ductal Breast Carcinoma, Paget Disease of the Breast, Signet Ring Cell Breast Carcinoma, Breast Adenocarcinoma with Spindle Cell Metaplasia, Invasive Breast Cribriform Carcinoma, Oncocytic Breast Carcinoma, Glycogen-Rich Carcinoma, Breast Ductal Carcinoma, Lobular Breast Carcinoma, and Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ [2018-08-28]. [2018-09-21].

2. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

3. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.