Breast

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	A01.236
Concept/Terms	Breast Breast Breasts

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Anatomy [A]
Body Regions [A01]
Breast [A01.236]

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Bar chart showing 96 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	0	1
1999	1	2	3
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	1	3
2003	2	0	2
2004	1	1	2
2005	0	3	3
2006	4	3	7
2007	3	1	4
2008	2	1	3
2009	2	1	3
2010	5	1	6
2011	2	1	3
2012	5	0	5
2013	4	2	6
2014	1	2	3
2015	8	0	8
2016	5	0	5
2017	0	5	5
2018	1	1	2
2019	1	6	7
2020	0	3	3
2021	2	3	5
2022	0	2	2
2023	1	1	2
2024	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Yazdekhasti S, LaVoy EC, Gorniak SL. Assessing breast acceleration while using sports bras and conventional bras: A comparative analysis of measurement techniques. J Biomech. 2025 Apr; 183:112640.

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Player A, Cunningham S, Philio D, Roy R, Haynes C, Dixon C, Thirston L, Ibikunle F, Boswell TA, Alnakhalah A, Contreras J, Bell M, McGuffery T, Bryant S, Nganya C, Kanu S. Characterization of MYBL1 Gene in Triple-Negative Breast Cancers and the Genes' Relationship to Alterations Identified at the Chromosome 8q Loci. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Feb 22; 25(5).

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Leggat-Barr K, Ryu R, Hogarth M, Stover-Fiscalini A, Veer LV', Park HL, Lewis T, Thompson C, Borowsky A, Hiatt RA, LaCroix A, Parker B, Madlensky L, Naeim A, Esserman L. Early Ascertainment of Breast Cancer Diagnoses Comparing Self-Reported Questionnaires and Electronic Health Record Data Warehouse: The WISDOM Study. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2023 08; 7:e2300019.

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Harris C, Okorie U, Makrogiannis S. Spatially localized sparse approximations of deep features for breast mass characterization. Math Biosci Eng. 2023 08 01; 20(9):15859-15882.

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Nicklaus KM, Liu YT, Liu C, Chu J, Jewett E, Bravo K, Bordes MC, Liu J, Reece GP, Hanson SE, Merchant F, Markey MK. Impact of implant-based breast reconstruction on bra fit. Ergonomics. 2023 Oct; 66(10):1521-1533.

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Martin EA, Chauhan N, Dhevan V, George E, Laskar P, Jaggi M, Chauhan SC, Yallapu MM. Current status of biopsy markers for the breast in clinical settings. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2022 Dec; 19(12):965-975.

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Darling-Reed SF, Nkrumah-Elie Y, Ferguson DT, Flores-Rozas H, Mendonca P, Messeha S, Hudson A, Badisa RB, Tilghman SL, Womble T, Day A, Jett M, Hammamieh R, Soliman KFA. Diallyl Sulfide Attenuation of Carcinogenesis in Mammary Epithelial Cells through the Inhibition of ROS Formation, and DNA Strand Breaks. Biomolecules. 2021 09 06; 11(9).

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Sampathkumar U, Nowroozilarki Z, Bordes MC, Reece GP, Hanson SE, Markey MK, Merchant FA. Review of Quantitative Imaging for Objective Assessment of Fat Grafting Outcomes in Breast Surgery. Aesthet Surg J. 2021 05 18; 41(Suppl 1):S39-S49.

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Sanderson M, Pal T, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Fadden MK, Dujon SA, Clinton C, Jimenez C, Davis J, Fortune M, Thompson J, Benson K, Conley N, Reid S, Tezak A, Shu XO, Zheng W, Blot WJ, Lipworth L. A Pooled Case-only Analysis of Reproductive Risk Factors and Breast Cancer Subtype Among Black Women in the Southeastern United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 07; 30(7):1416-1423.

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Mori H, Bolen J, Schuetter L, Massion P, Hoyt CC, VandenBerg S, Esserman L, Borowsky AD, Campbell MJ. Characterizing the Tumor Immune Microenvironment with Tyramide-Based Multiplex Immunofluorescence. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2020 12; 25(4):417-432.

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