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Hello docs, is breast cancer the same as breast carcinoma?
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Essentially yes: Most of the time it would refer to the same thing, although there are other rare malignancies that can develop in the breast (sarcoma or lymphoma) that are not carcinomas.
Answered 9/21/2014
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