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Was your breast cancer misdiagnosed by a radiologist?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 14 10:27am | Replies (62)

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I was given a Screening mammogram in 2018. I have small, dense breasts. I was at the prime age for when the majority of women get breast cancer. The radiologist said no cancer was found, but that my dense breasts might make it hard to find small cancers, and my Internal Medicine Doctor needed to be aware of that fact. I brought it to the attention of my doctor. She said that I should not be concerned. I said that I had seen MRI pictures of my breasts and that they looked like little snowballs. I asked if some other test should be done. She said no. And that I didn't need to get another mammogram for 2 years. Two years later, my entire breast was full of cancer. There is no way I didn't have cancer that could have been found two years before. Maybe it was Ductal carcinoma in situ, then. I will never forgive her. She knows my feelings. Maybe my experience has saved some of her patients.

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I think I need to add that I also had told my doctor that I had had three benign breast tumors removed, one being ductal, and that I had had four cyst aspirations. And that my Paternal grandmother had had breast cancer. None of this information mattered to her. I should have had an ultrasound and a Diagnostic mammogram 6 months to 1 year later. I now do my own research regarding my medical conditions, and have asked for certain tests, at times. And also changed doctors over their treatment of me.