Breast Pathology and Cancer Diagnosis

Breast Pathology and Malignant Tumours

"Cancer" is used as a generic term to cover the whole range of malignant disease of the breast. This area inevitably constitutes the main focus of study of breast disease as from a clinical point of view. Malignant tumours are cancerous and aggressive because they invade and damage surrounding tissue. When a tumour is suspected to be malignant, the doctor will perform a biopsy to determine the severity or aggressiveness of the tumour. CARCINOMA IN SITU is a type of malignant cancer and also known as pre-invasive carcinoma.it is confined with ducts or lobules this is Immunostains very helpful in diagnosis.