Breast Cancer
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hormone receptors
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Breast Cancer Types: Ductal Carcinoma
Facts about infiltrating ductal
carcinoma
:
Infiltrating ductal
carcinoma
accounts for up to 80% of all breast
cancers
in women.
This is a form of ductal
carcinoma
that has spread beyond the milk ducts.
This form of breast
cancer
typically causes a hard well-defined
lump in the breast
.
Infiltrating ductal carcinomas will often spread to the lymph nodes under the arm.
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Breast Cancer Types: LCIS
Related Topics:
Benign breast disease
Breast abscess
Breast fat necrosis
Breast fibroadenoma
Breast lump
Breast pain
Fibrocystic breast disease
Intraductal papilloma
Nipple discharge
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Last Updated: Apr 4, 2008
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;
John H. Beckett, MD
;
D. Scott Gettings, MD
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