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Malignant Breast Neoplasm · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Breast Neoplasm

Cancer Family

Malignant Breast Neoplasm

CI-CAN-00000227Explore in graph →

Top-level2,627 active trials43 approved drugs310 evidence items

NCIt: C9335
ICD-10: C50
DOID: 1612
Other: 2 more codes

Overview
Statistics369
Survival
Genomics32
Variants & evidence310
Drugs79
Trials12355
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness6 / 7 dimensions

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

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm involving the breast. The vast majority of cases are carcinomas arising from the breast parenchyma or the nipple. Malignant breast neoplasms occur more frequently in females than in males.

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

Breast NeoplasmCancer Family
Malignant NeoplasmCancer Family

Children (10)

ncit

Breast Carcinoma14 sub
Breast Lymphoma1 sub
Breast Melanoma
Breast Periductal Stromal Tumor
Breast Sarcoma7 sub
Carcinoma Arising from Breast Spiradenoma
Childhood Malignant Breast Neoplasm1 sub
Malignant Breast Adenomyoepithelioma
Malignant Breast Phyllodes Tumor

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

BreastC12971

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00000227
Entity type: Cancer Family
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 3
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

Malignant Nipple Neoplasm3 sub

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

12,355 / 2,627

Publications (all / 5y)

415,514 / 133,010

Evidence items

310

Genes / variants

278 / 184

Drugs (any / approved)

79 / 43

Genomic cohorts

32

Epidemiology / survival obs.

369 / 0

Data updated 17 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (8)

Breast Cancerdisplay · CancerIndex top-level set
Breast Cancersynonym · NCIt
Cancer of the Breastsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Breast Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of Breastsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of the Breastsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of Breastsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of the Breastsynonym · 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)
US new cases291,057countUnited States · 2023 · both sexes · all agescdc-uscsObservedrank #1 of 32 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2023 · top-level cancers)
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)
Active trials2,627countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #2 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Recruiting trials1,396countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #2 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Curated evidence items310countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #3 of 28 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Publications, last 12 months27,734countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #1 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Genomic cohorts32countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #2 of 27 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)

Data updated 17 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: cdc-uscs · latest year available per metric · counters aggregate over descendants