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Breast Adenocarcinoma · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Breast Neoplasm
Breast Carcinoma
Breast Adenocarcinoma

Subtype

Breast Adenocarcinoma

CI-CAN-00002035Explore in graph →

685 active trials9 approved drugs104 evidence items

NCIt: C5214
DOID: 3458

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics
Variants & evidence104
Drugs26
Trials1711
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness4 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
Survival (no data yet)
Trials (data present)
Literature (data present)
Genomics (no data yet)
Evidence (data present)
Therapies (data present)

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

The most common histologic type of breast carcinoma. Representative examples include invasive ductal carcinoma not otherwise specified, ductal carcinoma in situ, inflammatory carcinoma, secretory carcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, tubular carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, and lobular carcinoma in situ.

Definition text as published by ncit-evsProvenance

Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
Dataset: NCI Thesaurus
Version: 26.08e
Retrieved: Sep 8, 2026
Layer: raw (as published)
Evidence: expert curation
License: CC BY 4.0
Run: ING-NCITEVS-20260908-000001

Open at source Curated

Data updated 22 days agoSource updated 26.08e

Taxonomy

Position in the hierarchies

Several hierarchies coexist; edges are listed per hierarchy type with their source.

Parents

ncit

AdenocarcinomaHistology
Breast CarcinomaSubtype

Children (26)

ncit

Breast Acinic Cell Carcinoma
Breast Adenocarcinoma with Spindle Cell Metaplasia
Breast Adenocarcinoma with Squamous Metaplasia1 sub
Breast Carcinoma by Gene Expression Profile6 sub
Breast Carcinoma In Situ5 sub
Breast Carcinoma with PIK3CA Mutation
Breast Ductal Carcinoma3 sub
Breast Inflammatory Carcinoma

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

BreastC12971

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00002035
Entity type: Subtype
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 5
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active): 1,711 / 685

Breast Lobular Carcinoma

2 sub

Breast Mixed Ductal and Lobular Carcinoma2 sub

Breast Mucinous Carcinoma1 sub

Breast Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma

Breast Paget Disease3 sub

Breast Papillary Carcinoma4 sub

Breast Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma

Breast Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma1 sub

Breast Tubular Carcinoma

HER2-Low Breast Carcinoma

HER2-Negative Breast Carcinoma2 sub

HER2-Ultralow Breast Carcinoma

Hormone Receptor and HER2 Co-Expressing Breast Carcinoma

Hormone Receptor-Negative Breast Carcinoma

Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Carcinoma5 sub

Hormone-Resistant Breast Carcinoma

Invasive Breast Cribriform Carcinoma

Invasive Breast Micropapillary Carcinoma

108 descendants in total; counters on this page aggregate over all of them.

Publications (all / 5y)

5,973 / 940

Evidence items

104

Genes / variants

13 / 28

Drugs (any / approved)

26 / 9

Genomic cohorts

0

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (4)

Adenocarcinoma of Breastsynonym · NCIt
Adenocarcinoma of the Breastsynonym · NCIt
Breast Adenocarcinomasynonym · CIViC
Mammary adenocarcinomasynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

Each figure carries its unit, period and source; ranks link to "Why this rank?".

US deaths43,897countUnited States · 2024 · both sexes · all agescdc-wonderObservedrank #3 of 31 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Malignant Breast Neoplasm (registry level) — open Malignant Breast Neoplasm
US new cases291,057countUnited States · 2023 · both sexes · all agescdc-uscsObservedrank #1 of 32 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2023 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Malignant Breast Neoplasm (registry level) — open Malignant Breast Neoplasm
US age-standardized mortality10.2per 100,000United States · 2024 · both sexes · all ages · 2000 U.S. Std. Populationcdc-wonderObservedrank #3 of 23 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Malignant Breast Neoplasm (registry level) — open Malignant Breast Neoplasm
Active trials685countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #56 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials381countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #57 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items104countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #44 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months168countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #259 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts0countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputednot in a current ranking snapshot

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: cdc-uscs · latest year available per metric · counters aggregate over descendants