Tubular Carcinoma of the Breast
Clinical
- Long term survival reported to be 95-100%
- Probably close to 100% if strictly defined (90% tubular)
- 100% survival if less than 1 cm
- 10% of large cases reported to have lymph node metastases at time of diagnosis
- At least some of these cases may not have met the strict definition of tubular carcinoma
- No further spread if nodes removed
- Grade I infiltrating ductal carcinoma has nearly the same prognosis
- Distinction in difficult cases may not be critical
- 10-20% of patients have another carcinoma (ipsilateral or contralateral) at time of diagnosis
