This chart provides an overview of the morphogenesis of human breast cancer.

INDEX:

SUBGROSS TECHNIQUE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE BREAST

ANATOMY OF THE BREAST

SUBGROSS
SUBGROSS AND MICROSCOPIC
    NIPPLE AND LACTIFEROUS DUCTS
    LOBULES
    LACTATION AND INVOLUTION
    THE AGEING BREAST

HYPERPLASIA (See also these images)
        "DUCTAL"
           BLUNT DUCT ADENOSIS
           MILD TO MODERATE DUCTAL HYPERPLASIA
           FLORID DUCTAL HYPERPLASIA
           ATYPICAL DUCTAL HYPERPLASIA

"DUCTAL" CARCINOMA IN SITU
    DCIS(CRIBRIFORM)
    DCIS (LACY)
    DCIS (COMEDO)
    DCIS (CLINGING)

(FOR COMPARISON WITH MOUSE LESIONS CLICK HERE)

"LOBULAR"
   ATYPICAL LOBULAR HYPERPLASIA
   LOBULAR CARCINOMA IN SITU

INVASIVE BREAST CANCER

SUBGROSS AND MICROSCOPIC WITH ELSTON GRADING SYSTEM

METASTATIC DISEASE

BETTER PROGNOSIS INVASIVE BREAST CANCERS

BIOMARKERS FOR HUMAN BREAST CANCER

ANGIOGENESIS