What is the Ductal Carcinoma type?
It is a breast cancer type that originates from the milk tubes or ducts. What are Types of Ductal Carcinomas? Ductal carcinoma in-situ or DCIS is an early type of breast tumor in which the abnormal cells are confined inside your milk ducts. It is not invasive but if left untreated and unchecked, it can become invasive. Medullary ductal carcinoma is invasive. It accounts for 5% of breast cancer cases. It is most common and most frequent in women in their late 40s to 50s. It is one of the rare types of breast cancer. Tubular ductal carcinoma is also invasive but is not common. In fact, it accounts only for 1 to 2% of diagnosed cases. It typically occurs in women in their 50s or above. A woman diagnosed with tubular type has a survival rate of 95%. Mucinous ductal carcinoma is another invasive but rare type of ductal carcinoma. Only 2 in 100 diagnosed cases are mucinous cancers. Invasive or Infiltrating ductal carcinoma or IDC is the most common breast cancer type of invasive tumor, accou
