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*Clear spaces/clefting around | *Small micropapillary tufts of tumour cells or tubuloalveolar structures. | ||
*Central '''avascular''' stromal core. | |||
*Clear spaces/clefting around the small clusters of tumor cells - '''diffuse/through-out the tumour''' - '''key feature'''. | |||
**Described as "small clusters of tumour lying within dilated vascular channel-like spaces".<ref name=pmid20444748>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yamaguchi | first1 = R. | last2 = Tanaka | first2 = M. | last3 = Kondo | first3 = K. | last4 = Yokoyama | first4 = T. | last5 = Kaneko | first5 = Y. | last6 = Yamaguchi | first6 = M. | last7 = Ogata | first7 = Y. | last8 = Nakashima | first8 = O. | last9 = Kage | first9 = M. | title = Characteristic morphology of invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast: an immunohistochemical analysis. | journal = Jpn J Clin Oncol | volume = 40 | issue = 8 | pages = 781-7 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1093/jjco/hyq056 | PMID = 20444748 | URL = http://jjco.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/8/781.long }}</ref> | **Described as "small clusters of tumour lying within dilated vascular channel-like spaces".<ref name=pmid20444748>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yamaguchi | first1 = R. | last2 = Tanaka | first2 = M. | last3 = Kondo | first3 = K. | last4 = Yokoyama | first4 = T. | last5 = Kaneko | first5 = Y. | last6 = Yamaguchi | first6 = M. | last7 = Ogata | first7 = Y. | last8 = Nakashima | first8 = O. | last9 = Kage | first9 = M. | title = Characteristic morphology of invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast: an immunohistochemical analysis. | journal = Jpn J Clin Oncol | volume = 40 | issue = 8 | pages = 781-7 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1093/jjco/hyq056 | PMID = 20444748 | URL = http://jjco.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/8/781.long }}</ref> | ||
* | **Can appear sponge like or swiss cheese like. | ||
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*Abundant finely granular cytoplasm. | *Abundant finely granular cytoplasm. | ||
*Mucin cytoplasmic but not in the surrounding clear spaces. | *Mucin cytoplasmic but not in the surrounding clear spaces. | ||
*Nuclear atypia is moderate or severe. | *Nuclear atypia is moderate or severe. | ||
*Mixed(micropapillary + other) histological pattern common. | *Mixed(micropapillary + other) histological pattern common. | ||
*Can show psamomma bodies or other calcifications. | |||
DDX | DDX |
Revision as of 11:13, 30 April 2015
The article deals with invasive breast cancer and the evaluation of hormone receptor & HER2 status. Non-invasive breast cancer is dealt with in non-invasive breast cancer.
Introduction
Overview of invasive breast cancer subtypes
Common epithelial subtypes
Type and percentage of breast carcinomas:[1]
- Ductal - AKA no special type (NST) - 79%.
- Lobular - 10%.
- Cribriform / tubular - 6%.
- Mucinous (colloid) - 2%.
- Medullary - 2%.
- Papillary - 1%.
- Metaplastic - <1%.
Common stromal types
- Malignant phyllodes tumour.
- Angiosarcoma - post-radiation ~ 10 years.[2]
Good prognosis subtypes
Three good prognosis subtypes:[3]
- Tubular carcinoma.
- Mucinous carcinoma.
- Papillary carcinoma.
Comprehensive list of invasive breast cancer subtypes
Epithelial
Counterparts of in situ lesions:
- Invasive ductal carinoma, not otherwise specified.
- Invasive lobular carcinoma.
- Invasive cribriform carcinoma.
- Invasive papillary carcinoma.
- Invasive micropapillary carcinoma.
Other epithelial tumours:
- Tubular carcinoma.
- Medullary carcinoma.
- Mucinous carinoma.
- Metaplastic carcinoma.
- Neuroendocrine tumour.
- Apocrine carcinoma.
- Lipid-rich carcinoma.
- Secretory carcinoma.
- Oncocytic carcinoma.
- Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma.
Epithelial tumours seen in the salivary gland:
Seen in the skin:
Clinically diagnosed:
- Inflammatory carcinoma.
In situ lesions:
Proliferative lesions:
Non-specific:
- Microinvasive carcinoma.
Papillary:
- Papilloma.
- Atypical papilloma.
- Intraductal papillary carcinoma.
Adenomas:
- Ductal adenoma.
- Tubular adenoma.
- Lactating adenoma.
- Apocrine adenoma.
- Pleomorphic adenoma.
Myoepithelial
- Myoepitheliosis.
- Adenomyoepithelial adenosis.
- Adenomyoepithelioma.
- Malignant adenomyoepithelioma.
Mesenchymal tumours
- See: Soft tissue lesions.
Fibroepithelial tumours
- Fibroadenoma.
- Phyllodes tumour.
- Periductal stromal sarcoma, low grade.
- Mammary hamartoma.
Nipple lesions
- Nipple adenoma.
- Syringomatous adenoma.
- Paget disease of the breast.
Other
Familial breast cancer
Breast IHC
Molecular classification of invasive carcinoma
A molecular classification:[4]
Type | Percentage | IHC | Histology | Prognosis/clinical |
---|---|---|---|---|
Luminal A | ~45% | ER+ PR+ HER2- | well-differentiated | good, chemo resistant |
Luminal B | 17% | ER+ PR+ HER2+ | high grade | poor, +/- chemo responsive |
Normal breast-like | ~8% | ER+ PR+ (?) HER2- | well-differentiated | good |
Basal-like | ~20% | ER- PR- HER2- | poorly differentiated | aggressive, may have good chemo response, classic for BRCA1 mutation |
HER2 positive | ~10% | ER- PR- (?) HER2+ | poorly differentiated | poor |
The above is not applied clinically. A panel of immunostains (ER, PR, HER2, EGFR, CK5/6) can reproduce the molecular groupings; however, these groupings originate from gene expression profiling studies[5]
A newer classification outlines 10 subtypes based on molecular drivers identified by analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data from 2,000 breast tumors.[6]
Basal-like breast carcinoma
- Overview:[7]
- A category of breast carcinomas defined by gene expression profiling.
- Not used in clinical practice.
- Somewhere between 15-30% of breast carcinomas.
- Can be roughly be identified by immunohistochemistry - basal markers (CK14, p63, calponin, SMA).
- Not derived from myoepithelial cells, merely express a phenotype more in keeping with basal cells than ductal cells.
- Most triple negative (ER, PgR, Her-2); therefore cannot be treated with the usual therapeutic agents.
- There is an association in young women between basal-like breast cancer and BRCA1 mutation.
- Discussions of BRCA1 associated tumors, TNBC and BLBC are typically muddied by the overlap.
- Increased incidence in some populations - African-Americans, young women
- Sporadic basal-like cancers do not have a BRCA1 mutation but may have a dysfunctional BRCA1 pathway.
- p53 mutations are frequent.
- This molecular group includes a variety of morphologic phenotypes including:
- High grade invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type.
- Medullary-like carcinoma (a carcinoma with some but not all the features of medullary carcinoma).
- Medullary carcinoma
- Metaplastic carcinoma.
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma.
- Secretory carcinoma.
- Classic morphological clues of a basal type cancer usually refer to medullary carcinoma features:
- Relatively circumscribed.
- Geographic necrosis.
- Abundant mitoses.
- Pushing margins.
- Central fibrosis or necrosis.
- High histological grade.
- Exceptionally high mitotic rate.
- Pushing borders.
- Conspicuous lymphocytic infiltrate.
- Behaviour:
- Basal-like breast cancer is a heterogeneous group.
- The behaviour of basal-like breast cancer appears to fall into two groups:
- The tumours that are by nature low grade (ie adenoid cystic carcinoma) and/or do not metastasise have a better prognosis than other types of breast carcinoma.
- The tumours with early metastasis that may behave more aggressively
- Hematogenous spread -greater tendency to metastasise to visceral sites (notably lung and brain) instead of to nodes and bone.
- Many have a complete response to chemotherapy and survival rates similar to typical breast cancer
- Non-complete response to chemotherapy is associated with low survival at 5 years.
Other sources Minireview: Basal-Like Breast Cancer: From Molecular Profiles to Targeted Therapies <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035993/>
Triple Negative Breast Carcinoma
Features:[8]
- A category of breast carcinomas defined by immunohistochemical/FISH expression of ER, PR and HER2.
- Important to identify in clinical practice.
- About 15% of breast carcinomas.
- Important group due to a lack of tailored therapies for this group
- Some triple negatives also express androgen receptor and have and [apocrine carcinoma] morphology.[9]
- May respond to therapies targeting the androgen receptor.
- BCL11A overexpression recently identified as an oncogenic driver for some triple negatives [10]
- Targeted therapies may include inhibitors of BCL11A.
- Some triple negatives also express androgen receptor and have and [apocrine carcinoma] morphology.[9]
- Triple-negative and basal-like phenotypes are not synonymous but overlap
- About 70% of triple-negative tumours are basal-like.
- About 70% of basal-like tumors are triple-negative tumours.
- Discussions of BRCA1 associated tumors, TNBC and BLBC are typically muddied by the overlap.
- Classic 'morphological clues' to a triple negative cancer usually refer to medullary carcinoma features.
Immunostains for typing and diagnosis
DCIS versus LCIS
Tabular comparison for DCIS versus LCIS:[11][12]
Disease | E-cadherin | Beta-catenin | 34betaE12 | CAM5.2 (CK8) |
---|---|---|---|---|
DCIS | +ve | +ve | -ve | +ve peripheral cytoplasm |
LCIS | -ve | -ve | +ve perinuclear | +ve perinuclear |
Invasive versus non-invasive
Myoepithelial markers - typically lost in invasive carcinoma:[13]
Stain | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|
p63 | nuclear | up to 10% of invasive tumours +ve[14] |
Smooth muscle actin (SMA) | cytoplasmic | stains myofibroblasts & blood vessels |
Calponin | cytoplasmic | stains myofibroblasts & blood vessels |
Smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SMM-HC) |
cytoplasmic | stains myofibroblasts & blood vessels |
Usual ductal hyperplasia versus ductal carcinoma in situ
Markers for UDH versus DCIS:[14]
Disease | CK5/6 | ER |
---|---|---|
UDH | diffuse +ve | patchy +ve |
DCIS | -ve | diffuse +ve |
Lymphovascular invasion
- D2-40 - marks the lymphatic spaces.[15][16]
- CD31 - marks lymphovascular spaces.
- CD34 - marks lymphovascular spaces, less specific than CD31.
- Immunostaining of any sentinel lymph nodes - to look for isolated tumour cells and small lymph node mets.
- Sunnybrook uses CAM5.2.
- ER (estrogen receptor).
- Positive in most breast cancers; +ve in ~75-80%.[17]
- PR (progesterone receptor).
- Positive in most breast cancers; +ve in ~65-70%.[17]
- HER2/neu (HER2).
Note:
- Male breast cancer is usually hormone receptor positive (~97%), and HER2 positivity is quite rare (~6%).[20]
ER & PR scoring
Nuclear staining:[17]
- Give a percentage, i.e. 0-100%.
- Important cut points: 1% and 10%.
- 0% = negative - not treated.
- <10% = low positivity - treated.
- Important cut points: 1% and 10%.
Notes:
- Normal breast epithelial cells have a patchy staining for ER and PR.
- Evaluated on the invasive component.
HER2 scoring
Immunohistochemical based testing:[21][22]
Score | Staining intensity | Cells stained (%) | Membrane staining | Management | Percentage of cases |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | no staining/barely visible | ≤10% | incomplete | No HER2 blocker | ~60% |
1+ | minimal/barely visible | >10% | incomplete | No HER2 blocker | ~10% |
2+ | weak-to-moderate | >10% | incomplete (circumferential) | Needs SISH or FISH | ~10% † |
2+ | intense | ≤10% | complete | Needs SISH or FISH | ~10% † |
3+ | intense staining | >10% ‡ | complete | HER2 blocker | ~20% |
Note for IHC:
- Normal breast epithelial cells do not stain with HER2.
- Evaluated on the invasive component.
- SISH = silver in situ hybridization.
- FISH = fluorescence in situ hybridization.
- † Together approximately 10%.
- ‡ The cut point was 10%, changed to 30% and then changed back to 10%.[21]
ISH based testing:[23]
Result | Ratio criteria | Gene copy number criteria |
---|---|---|
Positive | ≥2.0 HER2/CEP17 | ≥6.0 copies of HER2/cell |
Equivocal | <2.0 HER2/CEP17 (required) | 4.0-6.0 copies of HER2/cell |
Negative | <2.0 HER2/CEP17 | <4.0 copies of HER2/cell |
Note for ISH:
- Can be called positive based on either ratio criteria or gene copy number criteria.
Clinical
- ER & PR status determine whether a patient will get tamoxifen or other estrogen receptor modulators, such as raloxifene (Evista).
- HER2 status determines whether patient will get traztuzumab (Herceptin) or other HER2/neu modulators.
Characteristics of the subtypes
Invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast
Invasive lobular carcinoma
- Abbreviated ILC.
- AKA lobular carcinoma.
Medullary breast carcinoma
- AKA medullary carcinoma of the breast.
Tubular carcinoma of the breast
- AKA tubular carcinoma.
Metaplastic breast carcinoma
- AKA metaplastic carcinoma.
Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast
- AKA micropapillary carcinoma.
General
- Poor prognosis.
- LVI common.[24]
Microscopic
Features:
- Small micropapillary tufts of tumour cells or tubuloalveolar structures.
- Central avascular stromal core.
- Clear spaces/clefting around the small clusters of tumor cells - diffuse/through-out the tumour - key feature.
- Described as "small clusters of tumour lying within dilated vascular channel-like spaces".[25]
- Can appear sponge like or swiss cheese like.
- Abundant finely granular cytoplasm.
- Mucin cytoplasmic but not in the surrounding clear spaces.
- Nuclear atypia is moderate or severe.
- Mixed(micropapillary + other) histological pattern common.
- Can show psamomma bodies or other calcifications.
DDX
- Invasive mammary carcinoma of no special type with micropapillary features.
- Metastatic papillary serous carcinoma of the ovary.
Note:
- Ductal carcinoma commonly has clefting... but it isn't diffuse.
- Even a minor component of this tumor type should be identified and reported due to the high rate of associated lymphatic invasion and nodal involvement.
- Skin involvement has been reported to be strongly correlated with a poor prognosis for this subtype.
- Micropapillary architectural is retained in node metastases, dermal lymphatic invasion, and recurrences.[26]
Images:
- Invasive micropapillary carcinoma (flickr.com/euthman).
- Invasive micropapillary carcinoma - poor quality image (breast-cancer.ca).[27]
IHC
- EMA +ve (periphery of nests); described as inside-out pattern.[25]
- E-cadherin +ve (centre of nests). (???)
- p63 +ve/-ve.
EMA limited to the cytoplasmic membrane oriented toward the stroma. E-cadherin absent on the cytoplasmic membrane oriented toward the stroma. Hypothesized to indicate an inversion of cell polarization and a disturbance in the cell adhesion molecules.[28]
Apocrine carcinoma of the breast
Mucinous breast carcinoma
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast
- AKA breast adenoid cystic carcinoma.
Intracystic papillary breast carcinoma
- AKA encapsulated or encysted papillary carcinoma of the breast, abbreviated EPC.
Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of the breast
- Abbreviated GRCC.
Secretory carcinoma of the breast
- AKA secretory breast carcinoma, abbreviated SBC.
Invasive cribriform carcinoma of the breast
Invasive papillary carcinoma of the breast
- Should not be confused with the indolent behaving intracystic papillary carcinoma of the breast, also known as encapsulated papillary carcinoma of the breast.
Grading breast cancer
Most common system: Nottingham (aka Scarff-Bloom-Richardson) which is based on:
- Nuclear grade.
- Small, regular (1.5-2x RBC dia.) = 1.
- Moderated variability = 2.
- Marked variation (>2.5x RBC dia.) = 3.
- Tubule formation.
- Majority of tumour - tubules >75% = 1.
- Moderate - 10% to 75% = 2.
- Minimal <10% = 3.
- Mitotic rate.
- 0-5 mitosis/10 HPF (1.52 mm^2 --or-- 0.0152 mm^2 * 10) = 1.
- 6-10 mitosis/10 HPF (1.52 mm^2) = 2.
- >11 mitosis/10 HPF (1.52 mm^2) = 3.
Mnemonic: TMN = tubule formation, mitotic rate, nuclear grade.
Notes:
- Elston & Ellis devised the system that is used.[29] They also wrote a follow-up article in 2002.[30]
Note about mitosis counting
- One MUST adjust for the size of the field of view.
- Most of the Resident scopes have an eye piece diameter of 22 mm. Therefore, the field diameter at 40 X is approximately 22 mm / 40 X ~= 0.55 mm and the field of view is pi/4*(0.55 mm)^2 = 0.2376 mm^2.
- Thus, on a resident scope (with a FOV of 0.2376 mm^2) one should sample 6 or 7 fields of view (FsOV).
- Calculation: 1.52 mm^2 (sampling area) / 0.2376 mm^2 (area / FOV ) = 6.40 FsOV.
- Thus, on a resident scope (with a FOV of 0.2376 mm^2) one should sample 6 or 7 fields of view (FsOV).
- RANT: Sampling 10 fields, where the field of view (FOV) is 0.152 mm^2, is not the same as sampling ten fields, where the FOV is 0.312 mm^2. It surprises me that Elston & Ellis ignore the fact that "10 HPFs" on different microscopes represent different sample areas and that they do not standardize the sampling area.
Calculating Nottingham score
- Grade I = 3-5 points.
- Grade II = 6-7 points.
- Grade III = 8-9 points.
Notes:
- I've found most tumours are grade II.
- The mitotic score is usually 1/3.
- The nuclear score is rarely 1/3 -- even in the tubular subtype.[31]
Staging breast cancer
Sentinel lymph node sampling in breast cancer
General
- Selective sampling of lymph nodes.
- Used for staging.
- Positive LNs = poorer prognosis.
Notes:
- If there is no palpable disease, there is no mortality benefit from axillary lymph node dissection, i.e. positive axillary lymph nodes can be left in situ without affecting outcome.[32]
- This does not negate the fact that a positive sentinel LN biopsy (vs. negative sentinel LN biopsy) portends a poorer prognosis.
Microscopic
Features:
- Atypical cells.
- Nuclear changes of malignancy:
- Nuclear enlargement + variation in size.
- Variation in shape.
- Hyperchromasia and variation in staining.
- Usually in the subcapsular sinuses.
- Nuclear changes of malignancy:
Pitfalls:
- Naevus cell rests.[33]
IHC
Some hospitals use:
- CAM5.2 (LMWK) - to look for isolated tumour cells and small lymph node metstases.
N stage
Sampling usually selective, i.e. sentinel lymph nodes only. ===Indications for lymph node sampling===[34]
- Extensive DCIS.
- Biopsy suspicious for invasion or with microinvasion.
- Clinical findings (large palable mass) or radiology findings (irregular features) suggestive of invasion.
- Planned mastectomy.
Definitions
Definitions:[35]
- Isolated tumour cells: <=0.2 mm or <=200 cells -- in a single cross-section. †
- Micrometastasis: <=0.2 cm and ( >0.2 mm or >200 cells ).
- Macrometastasis: >0.2 cm.
Notes:
- † The American Cancer Society web site says "or".[35] The CAP protocol says "and/or" and notes it is all subjective.
- Isolated tumour cells are essentially ignored if the there is at least one macrometastasis.
Details
Lymph nodes:[36]
- pN0: nil.
- pN0(i+): <=0.2 mm and <200 cells.
- pN1: 1-3 axillary LNs or internal mammary LNs.
- pN1mi: <=0.2 cm and ( >0.2 mm or >=200 cells ).
- pN1a.
- pN1b.
- PN1c.
- pN2 4-9 positive LNs; internal mammary LNs or axillary LNs.
- pN3.
T stage
- pT1: <= 20 mm.
- pT1mic <= 1 mm.
- pT1a > 1 mm and <= 5 mm.
- pT1b > 5 mm and <= 10 mm.
- pT1c > 10 mm and <= 20 mm.
- pT2: > 20 mm and <= 50 mm
- pT3: > 50 mm.
- pT4: chest wall or skin involvement.
Notes:
- Values should be rounded to the nearest millimetre.
- Therefore:
- 1.4 mm would be pT1mic.
- 1.5 mm would be pT1a.
- Therefore:
M stage
Distant metastasis:
- cM0(i+) <=0.2 mm focus of tumour cells, without clinical signs and symptoms.
- pM1 focus of tumour cells > 0.2 mm.
Lymphovascular invasion
In the context of breast pathology, the Rosen criteria for LVI are widely excepted, and are as follows:[39][40]
- Must be outside of the tumour proper.
- LVI is usually very close -- typically within 0.1 cm.
- Contour of cells should differ from possible vessel wall.
- DCIS with retraction artifact mimicing LVI has a contour that matches its surrounding fibrous tissue.
- Endothelium (usu. flat) should be visible.
- Lymphatics are found adjacent to blood vessels - vessels should be present in the vicinity.
Memory device LUBE-O:
- LVI has a Unique contour, Blood vessels and Endothelium in the vicinity, and is Outside of the tumour.
Note:
- LVI does not affect the stage.
Other
Paget's disease
General
- Associated with underlying breast carcinoma.[41]
Notes:
- Unrelated to Paget disease of the bone.
Microscopic
Features:[41]
- Cells in the epidermis:
- Epitheliod morphology (round/ovoid).
- Cells nested or single.
- Clear/pale cytoplasm key feature - may also be eosinophilic.
- Large nucleoli.
Images:
IHC & DDx:
- See Paget disease.
Trivia
Tumour size and lymph node metastases
There is a paper[42] that calculates the probability of lymph node mets based on tumour size. The developed formula is:
Where:
- = the probability of the lymph nodes being positive.
- D = the largest dimension of the tumour in millimetres.
- Z = 1.0041.
- = 0.019.
Selected values
Tumour size (mm) | Probability |
5 | 9 % |
10 | 17 % |
15 | 25 % |
20 | 32 % |
25 | 38 % |
30 | 44 % |
35 | 49 % |
40 | 54 % |
45 | 58 % |
50 | 62 % |
Natural history
There is a theory that up to 22% of small (radiographically detected) breast tumours regress, based on an analysis in a large population.[43] The study is supported by NCI's SEER data.[44] Also, it generated many comments.[43]
Missed macrometastases
The effect of missed macrometastases is small; this implies using IHC to look for isolated tumour cells is money that isn't well spent.[45]
See also
References
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