Table 2 Treatment outcome according to histology
Histology | Number cases | Median follow-up (mos) | Ipsilateral breast failure rate | True local failure rate | Elsewhere* failure rate | Number developing metastatic disease | Number dead of breast cancer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Invasive ductal | 213 (68%) | 51 | 2.4% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 4 | 3 |
Invasive lobular | 31 (10%) | 39 | 3.2% | 0 | 3.2% | 0 | 0 |
DCIS | 68 (22%) | 48 | 4.4% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |