Determination of Robinson Cytological Grading of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of Breast

Breast carcinoma is the most common cause of death in females globally, which should be detected early and treated promptly. In developing countries, breast carcinoma is still diagnosed using fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Instead of simply reporting as benign or malignant, we should focus on extracting the most prognostic information from cytological smears to help clinicians improve the effects of new chemotherapeutic agents on patient survival. Robinson et al. present a cytological grading system that closely resembles Elston's modification of Scarff Bloom Richardson's histologic grading method. This Retrospective study was done to evaluate the importance of cytologic grading of breast carcinoma and compare it with histological grading.

The present study was done over a sample size of 35 patients for over a span of 12months. 35 Patients who go through FNAC and mastectomy for carcinoma of breast were cytologically and Histologically Graded. The results obtained by both grading methods were then compared.

In the present study all were female. On comparison of the cytological and histological grades, 100% cases were grade III, 81% cases were grade II , 72% were grade I both on cytology and histology.

The current study demonstrates that a simple cytological grading helps in evaluating the patient's prognosis and provides different treatment options depending on the grade.