Sentences with phrase «lobular tumors»

Mutations in E-cadherin (CDH1) were frequent across subtypes but correlated almost perfectly with lobular tumors.

Not exact matches

Tumors were evaluated by a pathologist at the microscopic level to classify them as either classic or pleomorphic lobular breast cancer.

In certain tumor groups, subtypes have been included, e.g. breast cancer includes both ductal and lobular cancer, lung cancer includes both squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma and liver cancer includes both hepatocellular and cholangiocellular carcinoma etc..

But when her doctor told her that the type of tumor she had — invasive lobular carcinoma — slightly increased her risk of developing cancer in the unaffected breast, she decided to have a double mastectomy and sacrifice her ability to breast - feed.