mammary carcinoma

Invasive mammary carcinoma

Invasive mammary carcinoma is a diagnosis used to describe a cancerous tumour in the breast that has not been subclassified into a more specific type of breast cancer. Additional tests often result in the tumour being subclassified as invasive ductal carcinoma or invasive lobular carcinoma. Is invasive mammary carcinoma a type of breast cancer? Yes. …
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Invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast

Invasive ductal carcinoma (also known as invasive breast carcinoma) is the most common type of breast cancer. It starts in the cells lining the ducts of the breast and invades surrounding breast tissue. “Invasive” means that the cancer has spread beyond the ducts into nearby tissues, and “ductal” refers to the ducts where the cancer …
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