Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate the biological characteristics,therapy selection of tubular carcinoma of the breast. Relationship between axillary lymph node metastasis and other factors were analyzed retrospectively. MethodsTubular carcinoma patients were collected in our hospital from June, 1987 to March, 2014. Paraffin tissues were re-checked again by pathology doctors and all patients were performed follow-up by telephone to evaluate the prognosis. Results68 cases of tubular carcinoma of the breast were chosen. Axillary lymph node metastasis is closely related to tumor size and tumor grade in our research. In all patients, only one patient was relapsed, 24 patients died of other diseases, without distant metastasis or death of breast cancer. ConclusionTubular carcinoma of the breast has a good prognosis with low recurrence rate. The treatment of tubular carcinoma is not quite reasonable. Preoperative core needle biopsy and surgery axillary staging should be paid more attention and breast conserving rate is still needed for improvement.

Key words: Tubular carcinoma , Breast cancer, Retrospective analysis