Invasive lobular carcinoma
| Invasive lobular carcinoma | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Oncology, dermatology  |
Invasive lobular carcinoma accounts for 5-10% of invasive breast cancer.[1][2]
The histologic patterns include:[3][4][5]
| Type | Prevalence | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Classical | 40% | round or ovoid cells with little cytoplasm in a single-file infiltrating pattern, sometimes concentrically giving a targetoid pattern |
| Alveolar | 5% | Aggregates of classical-appearing cells |
| Solid | 10% | Sheets of classical-appearing cells with little intervening stroma |
| Tubulolobular | 5% | Cells form microtubules in >90% of tumor (smaller than in tubular carcinoma) |
| Pleomorphic | Classical-appearing but with pleomorphic cells | |
| Mixed | 40% | No dominant pattern |
Overall, the five-year survival rate of invasive lobular carcinoma was approximately 85% in 2003.[6]
Loss of E-cadherin is common in lobular carcinoma but is also seen in other breast cancers.[7]
Treatment includes surgery and adjuvant therapy.
References
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- ^ Moore MM, Borossa G, Imbrie JZ, et al. (June 2000). "Association of Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma With Positive Surgical Margins After Breast-Conservation Therapy". Ann. Surg. 231 (6): 877–82. doi:10.1097/00000658-200006000-00012. PMC 1421077. PMID 10816631.
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- ^ Fletcher's diagnostic histopathology of tumors. 3rd Ed. p. 931-932.
- ^ Arpino G, Bardou VJ, Clark GM, Elledge RM (2004). "Infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the breast: tumor characteristics and clinical outcome". Breast Cancer Res. 6 (3): R149–56. doi:10.1186/bcr767. PMC 400666. PMID 15084238.
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