Advancement of secretory breast carcinoma: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Secretory breast carcinoma (SBC) is a rare breast malignancy. Most available studies on SBC are case reports or small case series, and the few large-sample studies available lack critical information due to database limitations. To improve the understanding of SBC and provide a reference for clinical practice, we systematically reviewed the demographic, clinical, pathologic, and genetic characteristics of SBC, as well as its treatment and prognosis.

Methods

We conducted a PubMed search with the keywords "secretory breast carcinoma" or "juvenile breast carcinoma". Relevant English-language publications published from January 1966 to February 2022 were screened manually at 3 levels-title, abstract, and full text-to identify the articles that presented

SUBMITTER: Min N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9708487 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature