Descriptions

Descriptions of cancer in your report

DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ)

This is a cancer that is not invasive. It stays inside the milk ducts.

LCIS (Lobular Carcinoma In Situ)

This is a tumor that is an overgrowth of cells that stay inside the milk-making part of the breast (called lobules). LCIS is not a true cancer. It is a warning sign for an increased risk of having an invasive cancer in the future, in either breast.

IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

This is a cancer that begins in the milk duct but grows into the surrounding normal tissue inside the breast. This is the most common kind of breast cancer.

ILC (Invasive Lobular Carcinoma)

This is a cancer that starts inside the milk-making glands (called lobules), but grows into the surrounding normal tissue inside the breast.

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