Description of Medical Condition Malignant neoplasm in the breast. Breast cancers are classified as noninvasive (in situ) or invasive (infiltrating) with approximately 70% of all breast cancers possessing a component of invasion. System(s) affected: Skin/Exocrine, Pulmonary Gastrointestinal, Musculoskeletal, Nervous Genetics: • Only 20% of patients have a significant family history of breast cancer. This predisposition tends to be autoso-mal dominant with maternal lineage. • Recent studies have revealed families …
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