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Sir James Paget in 1874 was the first person to explain about the Paget's disease of the breast. He described the disease to be a chronic eczematous

Paget's disease of the breast - Introduction
It is a rare type of breast cancer. It is otherwise called as the mammary Paget's disease (MPD). It occurs in 1-4% of all people suffering from breast cancer.
The underlying breast cancer can be either an infiltrating ductal carcinoma (90%) or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)(10%). In this disease there is an extensive proliferation of the Paget's cells (malignant proliferation of the epithelial cells present in the epidermis). Cancerous cells from the breast tumor break off and form Paget's cells that pass through the milk ducts and reach the nipples or the epithelial cells of the nipple spontaneously become cancerous Paget's cell. Paget's disease of the breast is not to be confused with the Pagets disease of the bone.
Latest Publications and Research on Pagets disease of the breast
- Comparison of the biomarkers for targeted therapies in primary extra-mammary and mammary Paget's disease. - Published by PubMed
- Multifocal and multicentric breast cancer, is it time to think again? - Published by PubMed
- Photodynamic therapy following fractional CO2 laser for treatment of primary vulvar Paget's disease: does it really work? - Published by PubMed
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Error in this statement?- is 9% survival after 5 yrs supposed to say 90% "The survival rate of patients without palpable breast mass is 9% after 5 years and 80% after 10 years"