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Breast MRI before prophylactic mastectomy and reconstruction

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Feb 27, 2020 | Replies (7)
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@hopeful33250

Hi, @sandyjr,

While I've not had breast cancer personally, I have read posts from other members on Connect who have had an MRI of the breast. It seems that the MRI can picture more of the tissue and problems/tumors than can the typical mammography or ultrasound. If it were me, I would want to have as much information as possible before proceeding. I hope that others will post as well.

What is your main concern regarding having the MRI?

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Barb | @1065408 | Feb 27, 2020

Hi Sandy. Further MRI testing is a good thing. In my case the September 2019 mammogram indicated one tumor while further MRI testing indicated an additional tumor in same breast with multiple suspicious individual calcifications between the two. Changed the treatment plan from lumpectomy to mastectomy. Had those calcifications joined with the two tumors, my story would have been much different. Initially diagnosed with Stage 2 invasive lobular cancer. The diagnosis remains the same but the outcome had they combined would have been a whole new ballgame. Hope this helps.

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