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Breast cancer is the most common malignancy (23% of all cancers), with an estimated 1.15 million new cases worldwide in 2002, and is the leading cause of cancer mortality in women (14% of female cancer deaths).1 In the U.S., 61% of new breast cancer cases are diagnosed while localized, 31% are diagnosed in a regional stage, and 6% have already metastasized to distant sites at diagnosis (stage unknown in the remaining 2%).2 Breast cancer metastasizes most often to axillary lymph nodes, but may involve any organ.

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    Fernando Schmitt M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, The Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Ben Davidson M.D., Ph.D.

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Schmitt, F., Davidson, B. (2012). Breast Carcinoma. In: Davidson, B., Firat, P., Michael, C. (eds) Serous Effusions. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-697-9_4

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