Much of what we know about breast cancer comes from studies involving Caucasian women in Western countries. But research in Singapore has found differences in certain breast cancer characteristics among Chinese, Malay and Indian women.
Dr Lim Siew Kuan, senior consultant and breast surgeon at Solis Breast Care and Surgery Centre, said that breast cancer is classified in different ways. One classification describes where the cancer originates within the breast, while another describes its biological behaviour and how it is likely to respond to treatment.
For example, invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) begins in the milk ducts. “It accounts for around 70 to 80 per cent of invasive breast cancers worldwide,” said Dr Lim. “This is true across all ethnic groups, including Asian women.”
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