"Lobular carcinoma" refers to a type of breast cancer that starts in the lobules, which are the milk-producing glands of the breast. It is a term used to describe a specific kind of tumor that can develop in these lobules. Full definition
Ultrasound was found to be inferior for detecting axillary node metastasis in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma compared with invasive ductal carcinoma. (sonoworld.com)
Lobular carcinoma in situ, or LCIS, is not a cancer, but an overgrowth of cells that occurs in the milk - producing lobules. (cancerresearch.org)
Selected characteristics of controls, invasive ductal carcinoma cases, and invasive lobular carcinoma cases (cebp.aacrjournals.org)