Lobular breast cancer statistics, 2025.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer statistics and clinical trial data largely reflect ductal carcinoma, the dominant histologic subtype, concealing important differences for invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), the second most common subtype.

Methods

Nationally representative cancer registry data from the National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used to report on the incidence and outcomes of ILC by age, race, and ethnicity among women in the United States.

Results

In 2021 incidence of ILC was 14 per 100,000 women, which accounted for 10.6% of breast cancer diagnoses. Rates increased from 2012 through 2021 in all racial ethnic groups, ranging from 2.5% annually in American Indian/Alaska Native women to 4.4% annually in Asian American/Pacific Is

SUBMITTER: Giaquinto AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12503006 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature