"Breast" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.
| Descriptor ID |
D001940
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.236
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Breast" by people in this website by year, and whether "Breast" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Breast" by people in Profiles.
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Risk of malignancy after diagnosis of radial sclerosing lesion without atypia. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2026 Jun 08; 217(2).
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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Breast Arterial Calcification and Its Association With Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality. Am J Cardiol. 2026 04 15; 265:7-16.
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Disparities in Access and Outcomes of Bilateral Reduction Mammaplasty (BRM): A Systematic Review. Ann Plast Surg. 2026 02 01; 96(2):135-143.
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AI assistance improves reader agreement in digital mammography: A multireader crossover study of general and breast subspecialty radiologists. Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 02; 16(1):1370.
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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy improves post-breast reconstruction fibrosis: A randomized controlled blinded clinical trial. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2025 11; 110:7-17.
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Normal breast tissues harbour rare populations of aneuploid epithelial cells. Nature. 2024 12; 636(8043):663-670.
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Intraoperative Evaluation of Breast Tissues During Breast Cancer Operations Using the MasSpec Pen. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 03 04; 7(3):e242684.
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Patient Interest in Exploring Nonsurgical Treatment Approaches for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 02 01; 118(2):443-454.
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MicroRNA regulation of the serine synthesis pathway in endocrine-resistant breast cancer cells. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2023 11 01; 30(11).
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Chimeric RNAs reveal putative neoantigen peptides for developing tumor vaccines for breast cancer. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1188831.