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Women with the gene have about a 60 percent risk for developing lobular breast cancer.
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Clear indicators of high risk come from a biopsy showing abnormal growths: proliferative lesions or premalignant lesions in the breast such as atypical hyperplasia or lobular carcinoma in situ, or LCIS.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 Nov. 2023
That led to a diagnosis of stage 3 invasive lobular carcinoma that had metastasized to several lymph nodes.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
Stanford’s mother, Nan Stanford, died in 2022 from invasive lobular carcinoma, a form of breast cancer.
—Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
Diagnosed with Stage 2 invasive lobular carcinoma, a slow-growing cancer, Williams underwent a mastectomy and radiation treatment.
—Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2020
Her sister had been diagnosed with LCIS (lobular carcinoma in situ) a month prior, an abnormal cell growth that increases one’s risk of eventually developing invasive breast cancer.
—Amanda Klarsfeld, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2019
In 2010, she was diagnosed with breast cancer again—this time with ductal carcinoma, like before, and lobular carcinoma, a cancer that affects the lobules that produce milk and empty out in the milk ducts.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 4 Sep. 2019
Ever since being diagnosed with lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) — a biomarker that puts one at high risk for developing invasive breast cancer — the retired public relations executive and part-time Boca Raton resident hasn’t had a choice.
—Steve Dorfman, miamiherald, 31 Oct. 2017
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Clear indicators of high risk come from a biopsy showing abnormal growths: proliferative lesions or premalignant lesions in the breast such as atypical hyperplasia or lobular carcinoma in situ, or LCIS.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 Nov. 2023
That led to a diagnosis of stage 3 invasive lobular carcinoma that had metastasized to several lymph nodes.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
Stanford’s mother, Nan Stanford, died in 2022 from invasive lobular carcinoma, a form of breast cancer.
—Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2023
Diagnosed with Stage 2 invasive lobular carcinoma, a slow-growing cancer, Williams underwent a mastectomy and radiation treatment.
—Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2020
Her sister had been diagnosed with LCIS (lobular carcinoma in situ) a month prior, an abnormal cell growth that increases one’s risk of eventually developing invasive breast cancer.
—Amanda Klarsfeld, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2019
In 2010, she was diagnosed with breast cancer again—this time with ductal carcinoma, like before, and lobular carcinoma, a cancer that affects the lobules that produce milk and empty out in the milk ducts.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 4 Sep. 2019
Ever since being diagnosed with lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) — a biomarker that puts one at high risk for developing invasive breast cancer — the retired public relations executive and part-time Boca Raton resident hasn’t had a choice.
—Steve Dorfman, miamiherald, 31 Oct. 2017
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“Lobular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lobular. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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lobular
adjective
lob·u·lar
ˈläb-yə-lər 
: of, relating to, affecting, or resembling a lobule
lobular fatty degeneration of the liver—Leopold Bellak
Leopold Bellak
lobularly
adverb
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