title: The pattern of invasive lobular carcinoma in the patients diagnosed with breast cancer from Balochistan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is the second most common type of breast cancer accounting for 5%-15% of all the breast cancer cases. The present study was performed on 171 breast cancer patients from Balochistan registered in CENAR (Center for Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy), Quetta.
  
  
  METHODS
  Written consent was obtained from the patients. The history of the disease was taken from the patients, and the patients' enrollment files were retrieved.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 171 patients, 5 (2.96%) were diagnosed with ILC with tumor Grade II, and stage of the cancer reported was Grade III in all the 5 patients affected with ILC.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ILC is the second most common type of breast cancer diagnosed with comparatively lower grade but almost reported infiltrating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Livestock Management, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Baloch
authors.affiliation: Department of Livestock Management, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Khosa
authors.affiliation: Department of Livestock Management, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bangulzai
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sadia
authors.affiliation: Center for Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (CENAR), Quetta, Pakistan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Center for Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (CENAR), Quetta, Pakistan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Livestock Management, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.affiliation: Center for Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (CENAR), Quetta, Pakistan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tareen
authors.affiliation: Department of Livestock Management, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kakar
authors.affiliation: Center for Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (CENAR), Quetta, Pakistan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shuja
authors.affiliation: Center for Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (CENAR), Quetta, Pakistan.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Naseeb
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology