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Invasive breast carcinoma

MedGen UID:
163435
•Concept ID:
C0853879
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: BRCA; infiltrating breast cancer; Infiltrating Breast Carcinoma; infiltrating breast carcinoma; Infiltrating Carcinoma of Breast; infiltrating carcinoma of breast; Infiltrating Carcinoma of the Breast; infiltrating carcinoma of the breast; Invasive Breast Cancer; invasive breast cancer; Invasive Breast Carcinoma; invasive breast carcinoma; Invasive carcinoma of breast; Invasive Carcinoma of Breast; invasive carcinoma of breast; Invasive Carcinoma of the Breast; invasive carcinoma of the breast; Invasive Mammary Carcinoma; invasive mammary carcinoma
SNOMED CT: Invasive carcinoma of breast (713609000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006256

Definition

A carcinoma that infiltrates the breast parenchyma. The vast majority are adenocarcinomas arising from the terminal ductal lobular unit (TDLU). Often, the invasive adenocarcinoma co-exists with ductal or lobular carcinoma in situ. It is the most common carcinoma affecting women. [from NCI]

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  • Invasive breast carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Multiple strategies for the treatment of invasive breast carcinoma: A comprehensive prospective.
Agarwal S, Sau S, Iyer AK, Dixit A, Kashaw SK
Drug Discov Today 2022 Feb;27(2):585-611. Epub 2021 Oct 26 doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2021.10.008. PMID: 34715356
Lobular carcinoma in situ: diagnostic criteria and molecular correlates.
Sokolova A, Lakhani SR
Mod Pathol 2021 Jan;34(Suppl 1):8-14. Epub 2020 Oct 6 doi: 10.1038/s41379-020-00689-3. PMID: 33024303
Ductal carcinoma in situ: treatment or active surveillance?
Kuerer HM
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2015;15(7):777-85. Epub 2015 May 4 doi: 10.1586/14737140.2015.1043897. PMID: 25938920

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Comparison of HercepTest™ mAb pharmDx (Dako Omnis, GE001) with Ventana PATHWAY anti-HER-2/neu (4B5) in breast cancer: correlation with HER2 amplification and HER2 low status.
Rüschoff J, Friedrich M, Nagelmeier I, Kirchner M, Andresen LM, Salomon K, Portier B, Sredni ST, Schildhaus HU, Jasani B, Grzelinski M, Viale G
Virchows Arch 2022 Nov;481(5):685-694. Epub 2022 Aug 16 doi: 10.1007/s00428-022-03378-5. PMID: 35970977Free PMC Article
Grading of invasive breast carcinoma: the way forward.
van Dooijeweert C, van Diest PJ, Ellis IO
Virchows Arch 2022 Jan;480(1):33-43. Epub 2021 Jul 1 doi: 10.1007/s00428-021-03141-2. PMID: 34196797Free PMC Article
Assessing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method From the International Immunooncology Biomarkers Working Group: Part 1: Assessing the Host Immune Response, TILs in Invasive Breast Carcinoma and Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, Metastatic Tumor Deposits and Areas for Further Research.
Hendry S, Salgado R, Gevaert T, Russell PA, John T, Thapa B, Christie M, van de Vijver K, Estrada MV, Gonzalez-Ericsson PI, Sanders M, Solomon B, Solinas C, Van den Eynden GGGM, Allory Y, Preusser M, Hainfellner J, Pruneri G, Vingiani A, Demaria S, Symmans F, Nuciforo P, Comerma L, Thompson EA, Lakhani S, Kim SR, Schnitt S, Colpaert C, Sotiriou C, Scherer SJ, Ignatiadis M, Badve S, Pierce RH, Viale G, Sirtaine N, Penault-Llorca F, Sugie T, Fineberg S, Paik S, Srinivasan A, Richardson A, Wang Y, Chmielik E, Brock J, Johnson DB, Balko J, Wienert S, Bossuyt V, Michiels S, Ternes N, Burchardi N, Luen SJ, Savas P, Klauschen F, Watson PH, Nelson BH, Criscitiello C, O'Toole S, Larsimont D, de Wind R, Curigliano G, André F, Lacroix-Triki M, van de Vijver M, Rojo F, Floris G, Bedri S, Sparano J, Rimm D, Nielsen T, Kos Z, Hewitt S, Singh B, Farshid G, Loibl S, Allison KH, Tung N, Adams S, Willard-Gallo K, Horlings HM, Gandhi L, Moreira A, Hirsch F, Dieci MV, Urbanowicz M, Brcic I, Korski K, Gaire F, Koeppen H, Lo A, Giltnane J, Rebelatto MC, Steele KE, Zha J, Emancipator K, Juco JW, Denkert C, Reis-Filho J, Loi S, Fox SB
Adv Anat Pathol 2017 Sep;24(5):235-251. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000162. PMID: 28777142Free PMC Article
The classification of invasive carcinoma of the breast.
Gannon LM, Cotter MB, Quinn CM
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2013 Aug;13(8):941-54. doi: 10.1586/14737140.2013.820577. PMID: 23984896
Non-invasive breast carcinoma.
Posner MC, Wolmark N
Breast Cancer Res Treat 1992;21(3):155-64. doi: 10.1007/BF01974998. PMID: 1325215

Diagnosis

Comparison of HercepTest™ mAb pharmDx (Dako Omnis, GE001) with Ventana PATHWAY anti-HER-2/neu (4B5) in breast cancer: correlation with HER2 amplification and HER2 low status.
Rüschoff J, Friedrich M, Nagelmeier I, Kirchner M, Andresen LM, Salomon K, Portier B, Sredni ST, Schildhaus HU, Jasani B, Grzelinski M, Viale G
Virchows Arch 2022 Nov;481(5):685-694. Epub 2022 Aug 16 doi: 10.1007/s00428-022-03378-5. PMID: 35970977Free PMC Article
TRPS1, GATA3, and SOX10 expression in triple-negative breast carcinoma.
Yoon EC, Wang G, Parkinson B, Huo L, Peng Y, Wang J, Salisbury T, Wu Y, Chen H, Albarracin CT, Resetkova E, Middleton LP, Krishnamurthy S, Gan Q, Sun H, Huang X, Shen T, Chen W, Parwani AV, Sahin AA, Li Z, Ding Q
Hum Pathol 2022 Jul;125:97-107. Epub 2022 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2022.04.006. PMID: 35413381
FOXC1.
Li M, Lv H, Zhong S, Zhou S, Lu H, Yang W
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2022 Aug 1;146(8):994-1003. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0039-OA. PMID: 34784418
Predicting the molecular subtype of breast cancer and identifying interpretable imaging features using machine learning algorithms.
Ma M, Liu R, Wen C, Xu W, Xu Z, Wang S, Wu J, Pan D, Zheng B, Qin G, Chen W
Eur Radiol 2022 Mar;32(3):1652-1662. Epub 2021 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08271-4. PMID: 34647174
Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Breast.
Rosen LE, Gattuso P
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2017 Nov;141(11):1577-1581. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2016-0364-RS. PMID: 29072945

Therapy

Tamoxifen Response at Single-Cell Resolution in Estrogen Receptor-Positive Primary Human Breast Tumors.
Kim H, Whitman AA, Wisniewska K, Kakati RT, Garcia-Recio S, Calhoun BC, Franco HL, Perou CM, Spanheimer PM
Clin Cancer Res 2023 Dec 1;29(23):4894-4907. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-1248. PMID: 37747807Free PMC Article
Predicting the molecular subtype of breast cancer and identifying interpretable imaging features using machine learning algorithms.
Ma M, Liu R, Wen C, Xu W, Xu Z, Wang S, Wu J, Pan D, Zheng B, Qin G, Chen W
Eur Radiol 2022 Mar;32(3):1652-1662. Epub 2021 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08271-4. PMID: 34647174
Ten-Year Results of FAST: A Randomized Controlled Trial of 5-Fraction Whole-Breast Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer.
Brunt AM, Haviland JS, Sydenham M, Agrawal RK, Algurafi H, Alhasso A, Barrett-Lee P, Bliss P, Bloomfield D, Bowen J, Donovan E, Goodman A, Harnett A, Hogg M, Kumar S, Passant H, Quigley M, Sherwin L, Stewart A, Syndikus I, Tremlett J, Tsang Y, Venables K, Wheatley D, Bliss JM, Yarnold JR
J Clin Oncol 2020 Oct 1;38(28):3261-3272. Epub 2020 Jul 14 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02750. PMID: 32663119Free PMC Article
Clinical Trials for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast.
Han MS, Khan SA
J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 2018 Dec;23(4):293-301. Epub 2018 Sep 11 doi: 10.1007/s10911-018-9413-3. PMID: 30206737
Non-invasive breast carcinoma.
Posner MC, Wolmark N
Breast Cancer Res Treat 1992;21(3):155-64. doi: 10.1007/BF01974998. PMID: 1325215

Prognosis

Grading of invasive breast carcinoma: the way forward.
van Dooijeweert C, van Diest PJ, Ellis IO
Virchows Arch 2022 Jan;480(1):33-43. Epub 2021 Jul 1 doi: 10.1007/s00428-021-03141-2. PMID: 34196797Free PMC Article
Ten-Year Results of FAST: A Randomized Controlled Trial of 5-Fraction Whole-Breast Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer.
Brunt AM, Haviland JS, Sydenham M, Agrawal RK, Algurafi H, Alhasso A, Barrett-Lee P, Bliss P, Bloomfield D, Bowen J, Donovan E, Goodman A, Harnett A, Hogg M, Kumar S, Passant H, Quigley M, Sherwin L, Stewart A, Syndikus I, Tremlett J, Tsang Y, Venables K, Wheatley D, Bliss JM, Yarnold JR
J Clin Oncol 2020 Oct 1;38(28):3261-3272. Epub 2020 Jul 14 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02750. PMID: 32663119Free PMC Article
Assessing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method From the International Immunooncology Biomarkers Working Group: Part 1: Assessing the Host Immune Response, TILs in Invasive Breast Carcinoma and Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, Metastatic Tumor Deposits and Areas for Further Research.
Hendry S, Salgado R, Gevaert T, Russell PA, John T, Thapa B, Christie M, van de Vijver K, Estrada MV, Gonzalez-Ericsson PI, Sanders M, Solomon B, Solinas C, Van den Eynden GGGM, Allory Y, Preusser M, Hainfellner J, Pruneri G, Vingiani A, Demaria S, Symmans F, Nuciforo P, Comerma L, Thompson EA, Lakhani S, Kim SR, Schnitt S, Colpaert C, Sotiriou C, Scherer SJ, Ignatiadis M, Badve S, Pierce RH, Viale G, Sirtaine N, Penault-Llorca F, Sugie T, Fineberg S, Paik S, Srinivasan A, Richardson A, Wang Y, Chmielik E, Brock J, Johnson DB, Balko J, Wienert S, Bossuyt V, Michiels S, Ternes N, Burchardi N, Luen SJ, Savas P, Klauschen F, Watson PH, Nelson BH, Criscitiello C, O'Toole S, Larsimont D, de Wind R, Curigliano G, André F, Lacroix-Triki M, van de Vijver M, Rojo F, Floris G, Bedri S, Sparano J, Rimm D, Nielsen T, Kos Z, Hewitt S, Singh B, Farshid G, Loibl S, Allison KH, Tung N, Adams S, Willard-Gallo K, Horlings HM, Gandhi L, Moreira A, Hirsch F, Dieci MV, Urbanowicz M, Brcic I, Korski K, Gaire F, Koeppen H, Lo A, Giltnane J, Rebelatto MC, Steele KE, Zha J, Emancipator K, Juco JW, Denkert C, Reis-Filho J, Loi S, Fox SB
Adv Anat Pathol 2017 Sep;24(5):235-251. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000162. PMID: 28777142Free PMC Article
The classification of invasive carcinoma of the breast.
Gannon LM, Cotter MB, Quinn CM
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2013 Aug;13(8):941-54. doi: 10.1586/14737140.2013.820577. PMID: 23984896
Non-invasive breast carcinoma.
Posner MC, Wolmark N
Breast Cancer Res Treat 1992;21(3):155-64. doi: 10.1007/BF01974998. PMID: 1325215

Clinical prediction guides

Comparison of HercepTest™ mAb pharmDx (Dako Omnis, GE001) with Ventana PATHWAY anti-HER-2/neu (4B5) in breast cancer: correlation with HER2 amplification and HER2 low status.
Rüschoff J, Friedrich M, Nagelmeier I, Kirchner M, Andresen LM, Salomon K, Portier B, Sredni ST, Schildhaus HU, Jasani B, Grzelinski M, Viale G
Virchows Arch 2022 Nov;481(5):685-694. Epub 2022 Aug 16 doi: 10.1007/s00428-022-03378-5. PMID: 35970977Free PMC Article
FOXC1.
Li M, Lv H, Zhong S, Zhou S, Lu H, Yang W
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2022 Aug 1;146(8):994-1003. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0039-OA. PMID: 34784418
Assessing Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method from the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers Working Group: Part 2: TILs in Melanoma, Gastrointestinal Tract Carcinomas, Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Mesothelioma, Endometrial and Ovarian Carcinomas, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck, Genitourinary Carcinomas, and Primary Brain Tumors.
Hendry S, Salgado R, Gevaert T, Russell PA, John T, Thapa B, Christie M, van de Vijver K, Estrada MV, Gonzalez-Ericsson PI, Sanders M, Solomon B, Solinas C, Van den Eynden GGGM, Allory Y, Preusser M, Hainfellner J, Pruneri G, Vingiani A, Demaria S, Symmans F, Nuciforo P, Comerma L, Thompson EA, Lakhani S, Kim SR, Schnitt S, Colpaert C, Sotiriou C, Scherer SJ, Ignatiadis M, Badve S, Pierce RH, Viale G, Sirtaine N, Penault-Llorca F, Sugie T, Fineberg S, Paik S, Srinivasan A, Richardson A, Wang Y, Chmielik E, Brock J, Johnson DB, Balko J, Wienert S, Bossuyt V, Michiels S, Ternes N, Burchardi N, Luen SJ, Savas P, Klauschen F, Watson PH, Nelson BH, Criscitiello C, O'Toole S, Larsimont D, de Wind R, Curigliano G, André F, Lacroix-Triki M, van de Vijver M, Rojo F, Floris G, Bedri S, Sparano J, Rimm D, Nielsen T, Kos Z, Hewitt S, Singh B, Farshid G, Loibl S, Allison KH, Tung N, Adams S, Willard-Gallo K, Horlings HM, Gandhi L, Moreira A, Hirsch F, Dieci MV, Urbanowicz M, Brcic I, Korski K, Gaire F, Koeppen H, Lo A, Giltnane J, Rebelatto MC, Steele KE, Zha J, Emancipator K, Juco JW, Denkert C, Reis-Filho J, Loi S, Fox SB
Adv Anat Pathol 2017 Nov;24(6):311-335. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000161. PMID: 28777143Free PMC Article
Assessing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method From the International Immunooncology Biomarkers Working Group: Part 1: Assessing the Host Immune Response, TILs in Invasive Breast Carcinoma and Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, Metastatic Tumor Deposits and Areas for Further Research.
Hendry S, Salgado R, Gevaert T, Russell PA, John T, Thapa B, Christie M, van de Vijver K, Estrada MV, Gonzalez-Ericsson PI, Sanders M, Solomon B, Solinas C, Van den Eynden GGGM, Allory Y, Preusser M, Hainfellner J, Pruneri G, Vingiani A, Demaria S, Symmans F, Nuciforo P, Comerma L, Thompson EA, Lakhani S, Kim SR, Schnitt S, Colpaert C, Sotiriou C, Scherer SJ, Ignatiadis M, Badve S, Pierce RH, Viale G, Sirtaine N, Penault-Llorca F, Sugie T, Fineberg S, Paik S, Srinivasan A, Richardson A, Wang Y, Chmielik E, Brock J, Johnson DB, Balko J, Wienert S, Bossuyt V, Michiels S, Ternes N, Burchardi N, Luen SJ, Savas P, Klauschen F, Watson PH, Nelson BH, Criscitiello C, O'Toole S, Larsimont D, de Wind R, Curigliano G, André F, Lacroix-Triki M, van de Vijver M, Rojo F, Floris G, Bedri S, Sparano J, Rimm D, Nielsen T, Kos Z, Hewitt S, Singh B, Farshid G, Loibl S, Allison KH, Tung N, Adams S, Willard-Gallo K, Horlings HM, Gandhi L, Moreira A, Hirsch F, Dieci MV, Urbanowicz M, Brcic I, Korski K, Gaire F, Koeppen H, Lo A, Giltnane J, Rebelatto MC, Steele KE, Zha J, Emancipator K, Juco JW, Denkert C, Reis-Filho J, Loi S, Fox SB
Adv Anat Pathol 2017 Sep;24(5):235-251. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000162. PMID: 28777142Free PMC Article
The classification of invasive carcinoma of the breast.
Gannon LM, Cotter MB, Quinn CM
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2013 Aug;13(8):941-54. doi: 10.1586/14737140.2013.820577. PMID: 23984896

Recent systematic reviews

Clinicopathologic and Molecular Characteristics of and Diagnostic Dilemmas in Invasive Breast Carcinoma with Choriocarcinomatous Pattern apropos a New Case: A Literature Review with New Findings.
Jun SY, Yoon N, An S, Kang YJ, Park CS
Pathobiology 2022;89(6):359-369. Epub 2022 Mar 30 doi: 10.1159/000522621. PMID: 35354152Free PMC Article
Incidental axillary dose delivery to axillary lymph node levels I-III by different techniques of whole-breast irradiation: a systematic literature review.
Schmitt M, Pin Y, Pflumio C, Mathelin C, Pivot X, Noel G
Strahlenther Onkol 2021 Sep;197(9):820-828. Epub 2021 Jul 22 doi: 10.1007/s00066-021-01808-y. PMID: 34292348
Paget's disease of the male breast in the 21st century: A systematic review.
Adams SJ, Kanthan R
Breast 2016 Oct;29:14-23. Epub 2016 Jul 6 doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2016.06.015. PMID: 27394005
Systematic review of the effect of external beam radiation therapy to the breast on axillary recurrence after negative sentinel lymph node biopsy.
van Wely BJ, Teerenstra S, Schinagl DA, Aufenacker TJ, de Wilt JH, Strobbe LJ
Br J Surg 2011 Mar;98(3):326-33. Epub 2010 Nov 30 doi: 10.1002/bjs.7360. PMID: 21254004

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