title: Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma (MASC) of the salivary gland: A new tumor entity.
abstract: Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma (MASC) is a recently described low-grade malignant tumor of the salivary glands, biologically and morphologically equivalent to secretory breast carcinoma. We give a brief overview of this new entity, including morphological, immunohistochemical, molecular-genetic, clinical, epidemiologic features, differential diagnosis, and outcome results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, United States of America. idamjano@kumc.edu.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Damjanov
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Skenderi
authors.forename: Semir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vranic
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D000069295:Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor