EVALUATION IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EXPRESSION IN INVASIVE LOBULAR CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST
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Objective: To improve the quality of diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis for breast cancer in general and invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) in particular. Subjects and Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study on 167 ILC patients who underwent a mastectomy at K Hospital from January 2019 to July 2023. Results: ER-positive, PR-positive and HER2-positive rate were 88,0%, 79,0%, 12%, respectively; Ki67 more than 20% made up 45,5%. Luminal A and luminal B with HER2(-) subtypes accounted for the highest rate with 40,1% and 41,9% respectively. The Luminal B with HER2(+), HER2-enriched, Tripple negative breast cancer subtype accounted for a small percentage, there were 10 cases and equivalent to 6% for each of these 3 subtypes. Conclusion: Luminal A and luminal B with HER2(-) were the two most common subtypes in ILC with the rate of 40,1% and 41,9% respectively. The characteristics of high percentage of hormone receptors positive and low percentage of HER2 positive might account for better outcome of ILC breast cancer compared to NST subtype of breast cancer.
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breast cancer, immunohistochemical, invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast
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