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Carcinoma In Situ of the Mouse Mammary Gland
Definition 1
The term MIN or Carcinoma in situ should be limited to small foci of atypical cells that are confined within the basement membrane but will grow as invasive tumors when transplanted into the subcutaneous tissue (NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Definition 2
This lesion morphologically overlaps with the focal atypical hyperplasias but morphological criteria to distinguish between the AH and DCIS does not currently exist (NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
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