Treatment of invasive lobular carcinoma with breast conserving therapy

Abstract

11046 Background: Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is the second most common histological type of breast carcinoma .There is still a persisting concern regarding the use of breast-conserving therapy(BCT) in patients with ILC.Difficulty to identify the exact size , location of ILC and multifocality and/or multicentricity are the reasons to suggest that patients with ILC might be poor candidates for BCT. The aim of our current study was to evaluate the possibilty of risk adapted BCT for patients with ILC with or without breast irradiation. Methods: 277 patients with ILC pure or mixed type between 1994 and 2006 were accrued for pospective risk adapted therapy. Contraindications for BCT are multicentricity , inability to obtain negative margins or poor cosmesis. Palpation, mammograpy,ultrasound were routinely done and preoperative MRI in cases with no sharp tumor image. Breast conserving surgery was standardised by performing a radial segmental resection. Inking margins,histological semiserial step sections and specimen radiography was done. Sharp dileneated ILC with a free margins of >/= 1cm and no lymphvesel invasion(LVI) were treated by BCT without breast irradiation(Rx). Patients with ER + were treated with endocrine therapy.Mean follow-up time was 74 months. Results: Of the 277 ILC cases , 55(19,8%) were treated by mastectomy and five patients palliatively because of distant metastases. 217 ILC (79%) were treated with BCT (T1:108/48%;T2:45(21%);T3:67/31% ; NO:135/62%; ER+: 295/94%). 6 patients(2,8%) had local recurrence(LR). 161 ILC (T1 38%; T2 22%; T3 39%; N0 55%) were treated with BCT with Rx. Patients mean age was 57 years. 6(3,7%) of the patients had local recurrence (4 LR only, 2 LR and distant metastases). 56 ILC (T1 69%; T2 15% T3 22% ; NO 81%) were treated with BCT without Rx. Mean age 66 years. There were no LR , 2 patients had distant metastases. Conclusions: Using strict selecting criteria with a standardized breast conserving surgical procedure, thorough histological examination and using all breast imaging possibilities risk adapted BCT for ILC are not more likely to fail than BCT of other types of breast cancer. These results support the use of BCT for ILC patients. No significant financial relationships to disclose.