Breast cancer is the uncontrolled growth of mutated cells in the breast area. Cancer is the disease that grows in the breast when these uncontrolled, mutated or genetically changed genes grow in place of healthy genes. Genes are part of the genetic composition of every cell. They carry coding information that tells the [...]

Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) is one of the least common forms of breast cancer. The National Cancer Institution reports that between 1 and 5 percent of all breast cancers found in the United States are of the inflammatory Breast Cancer form. Inflammatory breast cancer is an aggressive form of cancer. Inflammatory breast [...]

The most common form of non-invasive breast cancer is started in the milk ducts of the breast. This form of breast cancer is called Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). A carcinoma is any cancer, which originates in the skin, and other tissue that covers the lining of the internal organs and so this form [...]

Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is an area, or several areas, where there are abnormal cell growth, which could result in an invasive breast cancer at a later date. The abnormal cell growth begins in the milk glands, which are the lobules in the breast. The abnormal growth remains in its original site (in situ) [...]

Infiltrating ductal carcinoma better known as invasive ductal carcinoma is the most common of all breast cancers affecting about 80 percent of all breast cancers. Invasive refers to the fact that the cancer has invaded other breast tissue meaning it has spread beyond its point of origin. Invasive ductal carcinoma began in the ducts that [...]

There are some really rare subtypes of invasive ductal carcinoma. Invasive ductal carcinoma is the medical name for cancer in the milk ducts of the breast that spreads to areas beyond the ducts.
Tubular carcinoma may represent about 1 percent or 2 of any breast cancer reported. The cancer is small and tubular shaped, Tubular [...]

Medullary carcinoma of the breast is one of the rare subtypes or forms of cancer of the milk ducts called invasive ductal carcinoma. This cancer is the spreadable kind.
Medullary carcinoma gets its name from the fact that it is mass of cancer cells, which is fleshy and soft and looks like the medulla area of [...]

Mucinous carcinoma of the breast is a very rare form of the breast cancer of the milk ducts called invasive ductal carcinoma. Invasive means the cancer is spreadable.
Mucinous carcinoma is also known by the alternative name of colloid carcinoma. This cancer is responsible for about 2 to 3 percent of breast cancer. What characterizes [...]

Invasive papillary carcinoma of the breast is a rare form of breast cancer that represents only 1 percent of the all breast cancers. This rare cancer only affects older women who have already been through menopause. An invasive papillary carcinoma is a tumor, which has well defined borders. Invasive papillary carcinoma has small projects that [...]

Invasive lobular carcinoma is the second most common breast cancer right after invasive ductal carcinoma. Invasive lobular carcinoma begins in the lobules or the milk passageway leading to the nipple. Invasive means it has the ability to spread to other parts of the body. Lobular signifies that that the cancer begins in the milk [...]