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Open Access 1 Sep 2021Case Report
Metaplastic breast cancer. A case series
Alba Capobianco 1, Alfredo Tartarone 2, Giuseppe Patitucci 3, Giulia Vita 3, Giuseppe Torre 4, Giuseppina Gallucci 5, Loredana Lapadula 6, Nicola Sisti 7, Leuconoe Sisti 8
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1 Multidisciplinary Cancer Teams Unit-Department Health Directorate, IRCCS-CROB Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture (PZ), Italy

2 Department of Onco-Hematology, Division of Medical Oncology, IRCCS-CROB Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture (PZ), Italy

3 Department of Pathology, IRCCS-CROB Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture (PZ), Italy

4 Department of Surgical Oncology, IRCCS-CROB Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture (PZ), Italy

5 Unit of Cardiology, IRCCS-CROB Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture (PZ), Italy

6 Radiation Oncology Department, IRCCS-CROB Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture (PZ), Italy

7 Pharmacist, Pharmacovigilance Manager, IRCCS-CROB Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture (PZ), Italy

8 Department of Public Health-Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome. Italy

Abstract

Special type breast cancers display a wide range of different histological types in which clear recommendations on clinical and therapeutic management still lack and most of the information available derive from case report and case studies. In particular metaplastic breast cancer (MBC) is a rare and aggressive type of breast cancer accounting for around 1% of breast malignancies. We reported our experience in the management of five patients with MBC diagnosed and treated in our institution during the last few years (2016-2020).

Keywords

  • Metaplastic breast cancer
  • Special type breast cancers