RT Book, Section A1 McCready, David R. A1 Miller, Naomi A. A1 Youngson, Bruce J. A2 Kuerer, Henry M. SR Print(0) ID 6409107 T1 Chapter 20. Invasive Breast Carcinoma T2 Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology YR 2010 FD 2010 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-160178-8 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6409107 RD 2024/03/28 AB The term invasive breast carcinoma refers to a heterogeneous group of epithelial malignancies that originate in breast tissue and are characterized by their ability to invade adjacent normal tissue, and metastasize to body sites distant to the breast. The vast majority of these tumors are adenocarcinomas, and they are thought to arise from mammary epithelial cells in the terminal ductulo lobular unit (TDLU) of the breast.