Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Metaplastic Breast Cancer Compared with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: A Propensity-Matched Analysis

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Metaplastic breast cancer (MpBC) is a rare disease—an aggressive subtype among breast cancers. Though there are no clear treatment guidelines, MpBC generally is treated aggressively by chemotherapy or radiation therapy because of its rarity and propensity to recur. We assessed the clinical characteristics and prognosis of MpBC in real world data to better understand the MpBC disease entity and perform the appropriate treatment.

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Background: Metaplastic breast cancer (MpBC) is an aggressive histologic type of breast cancer. Although MpBC has a poor prognosis and is responsible for a large proportion of breast cancer mortalities, the clinical features of MpBC compared with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) are not well known, and the optimal treatment h

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10000576 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature