What is Invasive Lobular Carcinoma?
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is a type of breast cancer which starts in the lobules, the glands in the breast which produce milk. An estimated 10 to 20% of breast cancers take the form of invasive lobular carcinoma, and like other types of cancer, ILC can spread from the breast to other areas of the body. It can be extremely difficult to detect this form of cancer in the early stages, which means that it tends to be rather large when it is diagnosed, but the prognosis for patients with invasive lobular carcinoma is generally better than that for patients with other kinds of breast cancer.
