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By Mayo Clinic staff

ILC is more likely than IDC to occur in both breasts — about 20 percent of women with ILC in one breast will also have it in the other one.

ILC is slow to spread outside the breast (metastasize). If the cancer does spread, it may show up in the gastrointestinal tract, the lining of the abdomen or the ovaries.

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March 25, 2008

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