Invasive lobular carcinoma

Invasive lobular carcinoma
Lobules of the mammary glands.
SpecialtyOncology

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is breast cancer arising from the lobules of the mammary glands.[1] It accounts for 5–10% of invasive breast cancer.[2][3] Rare cases of this carcinoma have been diagnosed in men (see male breast cancer).[4]

  1. ^ "Breast Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)". NCI. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  2. ^ Pointon KS, Cunningham DA (August 1999). "Ultrasound findings in pure invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: comparison with matched cases of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast". Breast. 8 (4): 188–90. doi:10.1054/brst.1999.0042. PMID 14731438.
  3. ^ Boughey JC, Wagner J, Garrett BJ, et al. (March 2009). "Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma May Not Improve Rates of Breast Conservation". Ann. Surg. Oncol. 16 (6): 1606–11. doi:10.1245/s10434-009-0402-z. PMC 4338983. PMID 19280264.
  4. ^ Nofal MN, Yousef AJ (December 2019). "The diagnosis of male breast cancer". The Netherlands Journal of Medicine. 77 (10): 356–359. PMID 31880271.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.