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Doctors, patients and advocates urge legislature to declare Oct. 15 Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day
Summary
Clinicians, survivors and the Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance told the committee that invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is underrecognized, harder to detect on standard mammography, underfunded in research and merits a no‑cost annual awareness day to spur diagnosis, research and inclusion in clinical trials (H.4625 / S.2666).
Clinicians, survivors and patient advocates urged a favorable report on House 46 25 and Senate 26 66, a proposal to designate Oct. 15 as Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Massachusetts.
Dr. Renat Jesselson, director of the Lobular Breast Cancer Program at Dana‑Farber Cancer Institute, told the committee that invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) poses unique diagnostic and treatment challenges. “ILC cancers are difficult to detect through standard mammography,” she said, adding that ILC often grows in lines rather than forming…
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