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Prognosis<br />

Tubular carcinoma<br />

• Excellent<br />

• Long term prognosis in some studies is<br />

similar to the healthy women without breast<br />

ca<br />

• Review <strong>of</strong> seven studies<br />

– 341 women with pure tubular carcinoma<br />

• ~4% had recurrence (12 )<br />

–6 in the same breast after simple excision<br />

–6 after mastectomy<br />

Prognosis<br />

Tubular carcinoma<br />

• Axillary metastasis is uncommon in patients with<br />

single pure small tubular carcinoma (< or = 1 cm)<br />

• Level I axillary node metastasis is seen in patients<br />

with<br />

• Size> 1 cm<br />

• Multifocal tumors<br />

• Multifocality is seen (~20%)<br />

• The reported range <strong>of</strong> axillary node metastasis is<br />

from 6-30% (average 9%)<br />

Prognosis<br />

Mixed ductal and tubular<br />

carcinoma<br />

• Prognosis is worse in patients with mixed<br />

tubular and ductal<br />

• Axillary node metastasis: 34% (Berger et al. The<br />

<strong>Breast</strong> J 1996;2:204-208)<br />

• Recurrence in up to 32% <strong>of</strong> patients<br />

– 6-28% died <strong>of</strong> disease<br />

10/8/2011<br />

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