title: [Invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: specific diagnosis and evolution].
abstract: Invasive lobular carcinoma accounts for 4 to 10% of breast cancers. The clinical and radiological diagnosis is difficult to make. Its progression is slower than that of ductal cancer, and the prognostic factors are more favourable. Its metastases are more frequently located in the digestive tract and the ovaries. It is more frequently bilateral. Its prognosis is not different from that of infiltrating ductal carcinomas. The choice of therapies depends on the individual characteristics of each patient and of the biological features of each tumour. However, lobular carcinomas seem to be less responsive to chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Centre des maladies du sein, hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France. marc.espie@sls.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Espié
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hocini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuvier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giacchetti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bourstyn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Roquancourt
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome