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Abstract:
Seventy-four cases of breast cancer in children and adolescents are reviewed. No predisposing factors were identified. A secretory type of mammary carcinoma characteristically seen in this age group has an excellent prognosis. Other types of mammary carcinoma which also occur in children may have a less favorable prognosis. Persistent breast masses in children and adolescents should be biopsied unless cystic, and should be treated as would carcinoma in adults, keeping in mind the favorable prognosis in so-called secretory carcinoma.
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