Most breast cancers arise from duct tissue followed by lobular tissue, described as ductal or #lobular carcinoma respectively. These can be further subdivided as to whether the cancer hasn't spread beyond the local tissue (described as #carcinoma-in-situ) or has spread (described as #invasive). Therefore, common #breast #cancer types include:
Invasive ductal #carcinoma. This is the most common type of breast cancer. To complicate matters further this has recently been renamed 'No Special Type (#NST)'. In contrast, lobular carcinoma and other rarer types of breast cancer are classified as 'Special Type'
Invasive lobular carcinoma
#Ductal carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS)
#Lobular carcinoma-in-situ (LCIS)
Tom
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· 21 hours ago
