LOBULAR-BREAST-CARCINOMA

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LOBULAR-BREAST-CARCINOMA

Definition: non-invasive adenocarcinoma made up of abnormal cells confined to the lobules of the breast (small end ducts that branch off the lobes in the breast) that seldom becomes invasive cancer. However, having lobular carcinoma in situ increases one's risk of developing either infiltrating lobular or ductal carcinoma. Diagnosis can be difficult and its treatment controversial, with some doctors recommending removal of one or both breasts and others recommeding regular followup without surgery. Lobular carcinoma in situ is less frequent than ductal carcinomas.

Conceptual Structures
ISA	MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST
SUBCLASSES	INFILTRATING-LOBULAR-BREAST-CARCINOMA LOBULAR-CARCINOMA-IN-SITU
DESCENDANTS	INFILTRATING-LOBULAR-BREAST-CARCINOMA LOBULAR-CARCINOMA-IN-SITU
ANCESTORS	ALL CHANGE-STATE CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL DISEASE-EVENT EVENT HAVE-NEOPLASM LIVING-EVENT MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-BONE-CONNECTIVE-TISSUE-SKIN-AND-BREAST- MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST PHYSICAL-EVENT
INHERITED RELATIONS	AFFECTS-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM : PART-OF-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) AFFECTS-TISSUE : TISSUE (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) AGENT : ANIMAL (from LIVING-EVENT ) CAUSED-BY : CARCINOGEN (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) DIAGNOSED-WITH : NEEDLE-LOCALIZATION (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) BREAST-NEEDLE-LOCALIZATION (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) BREAST-SELF-EXAMINATION (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) SPINAL-TAP (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) NEEDLE-ASPIRATION-BIOPSY (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) STEREOTACTIC-BIOPSY (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) XEROGRAPHY (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) CORE-NEEDLE-BIOPSY (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) DIGITAL-MAMMOGRAPHY (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR-TEST (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) FLOW-CYTOMETRY (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) GALLIUM-SCAN (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) MAMMOGRAPHY (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) THERMOGRAPHY (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) XEROMAMMOGRAPHY (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-FEMALE-BREAST ) DIAGNOSED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : MEDICAL-DEVICE (from DISEASE-EVENT ) EXPERIENCER : PATIENT (from DISEASE-EVENT ) HAS-RISK-FACTOR : DIET (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM ) LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-EVENT ) THEME : OBJECT (from CHANGE-STATE ) TREATED-WITH : MACROBIOTIC-DIET (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM ) TREATED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : PHARMACEUTICAL-MATERIAL (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) MEDICAL-DEVICE (from HAVE-NEOPLASM )
INHERITED ATTRIBUTES	DIRECTION-OF-CHANGE : NEGATIVE (from CHANGE-STATE ) POSITIVE (from CHANGE-STATE ) TYPE-OF-CHANGE : PHYSICAL (from DISEASE-EVENT ) MENTAL (from DISEASE-EVENT )