OBJECTIVES Managing urge-incontinence after metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast into the bladder. MATERIAL AND METHODS Case report and review of the pertinent English language literature. RESULTS Conservative management with tamoxifen resulted in clinical and partial radiological remission and the urge-incontinence disappeared. CONCLUSION A conservative mode of treatment is possibl...

Accurate estimation of disease extent and margin status is critical when evaluating partial mastectomy cases because both are predictors of recurrence. No published standards exist for processing specimens involved by invasive carcinoma, presumably because such cases have a gross lesion. We retrospectively studied 100 partial mastectomy cases and concluded that a standardized tissue mapping pro...

This report describes a solitary orbital metastasis of lobular carcinoma in a woman 35 years after diagnosis of right breast lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). After partial response to anastrozole, the patient was treated with proton radiotherapy to 45 cobalt gray equivalents (CGE) with an excellent response. We additionally discuss treatment strategies for this rare metastatic site.

CONTEXT Immunohistochemistry has an expanding role in mammary pathology that has been facilitated by a growing list of available antibodies and a better understanding of biology. OBJECTIVE To explore the key role of immunohistochemistry in guiding adjuvant therapy decisions and sentinel node staging in breast cancer, as well as the role of immunohistochemistry as an aid to distinguishing usua...

BACKGROUND Breast carcinoma metastasis to the gastrointestinal tract is rare and more frequently associated with lobular than ductal carcinoma (Borst and Ingold, Surg 114(4):637-641 [1]). The purpose of this article is to present a case based review of a unique gastrointestinal metastasis and literature review. METHODS A 46 year old lady with metastatic invasive ductal breast cancer was admit...

Breast Cancer is the most frequent diagnosed cancer among women worldwide with an estimated 1.7 million new cancer cases diagnosed in 2012 (11.9% of all cancers). In Iraq, cancer of the breast is the commonest cancer in females, in 2010 constituted 34.8% of all other malignancies in women. Cancer stem cells have been defined as -a small subset of cancer cells within a cancer that constitute a r...

The histological tumour type determined by current criteria has been investigated in a consecutive series of 1621 women with primary operable breast carcinoma, presenting between 1973 and 1987. All women underwent definitive surgery with node biopsy and none received adjuvant systemic therapy. Special types, tubular, invasive cribriform and mucinous, with a very favourable prognosis can be iden...

BACKGROUND Breast Cancer is the commonest malignancy of females all over the world and second leading cause of death due to cancer among females. The aim of this Descriptive study was to see the various features of breast cancer in order to know the pattern of disease in the recent time. The study was conducted from Jan. 2007 to Dec. 2007 in Surgical C Unit, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady...

Incidence rates of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) have increased rapidly over the past several decades largely due to the increased use of mammography. However, recent data from 1987 to 1999 indicate that invasive ductal carcinoma incidence rates have remained essentially constant, whereas rates of invasive lobular carcinoma have increased 65%, with greater...