lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS)
Abnormal cells in the lobes of the breast.
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Research snapshot – Psychosocial interventions and cancer-related fatigue Abrahams 2020
…breast cancer and men with non-metastatic prostate cancer. The effect of psychosocial interventions on cancer-related fatigue was not associated with sociodemographic or clinical characteristics, or with the extent of symptoms (fatigue, pain) prior to intervention. Breast cancer patients with clinically-diagnosed…
mastectomy
Surgically removing the whole breast….
mammogram
An x-ray of the breast….
lobules
The milk-producing glands in the breast.
atypical ductal hyperplasia
A non-cancerous condition of the cells in the lining of the milk ducts in the breast.
invasive lobular carcinoma
A cancer that started in the milk lobules but has spread into the normal breast tissue around it.
ducts
The canals within the breast that pass milk from the lobules to the nipple.
BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene
A gene change that increases the risk of getting breast, ovarian or prostate cancer.
axillary tail
Breast tissue that extends into the armpit.