Metastatic patterns of invasive lobular versus invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast.

摘要: Background. Many studies have analyzed the metastatic patterns of breast carcinoma. However, very dew differences in lobular versus ductal Methods. By use odour tumor registry, sites all invasive and carcinoma cases during an 18-year period (January 1973 to December 1990) were Results. There 2605 Lobular accounted for 359 (14%) 2246 (86%) cases. The percentage patients with regional lymph node metastasis at diagnosis was not significantly different between two groups