{"id":3746,"date":"2019-04-04T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=240692"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:14","slug":"invasive-lobular-carcinoma-is-invisible-on-mammograms-isnt-a-lump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/invasive-lobular-carcinoma-is-invisible-on-mammograms-isnt-a-lump\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Is Invisible On Mammograms, Isn\u2019t A Lump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is the second most common kind of breast cancer, yet many women don\u2019t know much about it \u2014 or how difficult it can be to find.<\/span>The thing is, ILC is essentially invisible on mammograms.<\/span>Elsie Spry was diagnosed with this type of breast cancer, and she was shocked and frustrated when she learned that mammograms don\u2019t catch it.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KPRC 2 Click2Houston<\/span>Spry\u2019s mother died from breast cancer, so she\u2019s always been very proactive about getting her yearly mammograms. When she felt a thickening<\/a> in her breast a few years ago, she was worried, but her scans came back clear.<\/span>So her doctors told her she was fine.<\/span>However, the thickening never dissipated. Years after she first felt it, she finally got a biopsy done on the tissue. The results of that indicated that she should get an MRI.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KPRC 2 Click2Houston<\/span>Then Spry found out that the relief she felt every year at those clear scans had been unfounded. She had breast cancer: specifically, invasive lobular carcinoma.<\/span>\u201cI was just in shock because I thought, you know, got my i\u2019s dotted and my t\u2019s crossed,\u201d Spry said<\/a>.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KPRC 2 Click2Houston<\/span>
\n<\/span>Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), the most common type of breast cancer, is much easier to detect than ILC \u2014 depending on the density of your breasts. Typically, IDC looks something like a white patch<\/a> with irregular borders, and can feel like a lump (but not always). It makes up about 8 out of 10<\/a>, or 80%, of invasive breast cancers.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KPRC 2 Click2Houston<\/span>ILC, on the other hand, makes up about 1 in every 10<\/a>, or 10%, of invasive breast cancers. It looks different than IDC on a mammogram and typically shows up as white lines, rather than a mass. This is because ILC cancer cells tend to grow single file<\/a>.<\/span>\u201cIt looks like a well-marbled piece of meat, right?\u201d Spry told Click2Houston<\/a>. That\u2019s what it looks like because it doesn\u2019t clump. It lines up,\u201d Spry said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KPRC 2 Click2Houston<\/span>Dr. Eric Strom, a radiologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where Spry was treated, says that MRIs can be an effective tool in detecting ILC. But it could also cause a lot of unnecessary testing and biopsies in women who are actually healthy. There\u2019s a high rate of false positives, which can cause unnecessary stress, additional tests, and even surgery. Plus, MRIs are expensive, and insurance doesn\u2019t always cover them.<\/span>The most important thing is to be aware of any changes in your breast, and if something feels different, keep fighting until you get an answer.<\/span>\u201cYou need an answer. It can\u2019t just be \u2018I don\u2019t see anything.\u2019 That\u2019s not an answer,\u201d Dr. Strom said<\/a>. \u201cEspecially young people who are told \u2018you\u2019re too young to get a breast cancer.\u2019\u201d<\/span>Learn more in this video.<\/span>Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is the second most common kind of breast cancer, yet many women don\u2019t know much about it \u2014 or how difficult it can be to find.The thing is, ILC is essentially invisible on mammograms.Elsie Spry was diagnosed with this type of breast cancer, and she was shocked and frustrated when she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45809,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions\/45809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}