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Histological Evaluation of the Normal Breast

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The breast is a bilateral organ that in the female undergoes dramatic changes in size, shape, and function in association with infantile growth, puberty, pregnancy, lactation, and postmenopausal regression [1, 2]. The development of the human breast is a progressive process initiated during embryonic life. This process has been discussed extensively in previous publications [3] and will, therefore, not be addressed in this chapter. In this chapter, we describe the parameters that need to be considered in order to evaluate the normality of the human breast. In addition, we address the different morphological patterns observed which depend on the sampling procedures utilized.

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Russo, J., Russo, I.H. (2014). Histological Evaluation of the Normal Breast. In: Techniques and Methodological Approaches in Breast Cancer Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0718-2_2

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