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How do I make sense of my biopsy results?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 26, 2022 | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
@jeanadair123 I am replying to your post regarding doctors reading report vs. scan. (January) I had a mammogram and was all ok. I saw a breast surgeon as a proactive checkup of my breasts. He looked at mammo and said ‘you have very dense tissue, I recommend having an MRI done to see better what’s in there’. Well he found areas of concern. Very small spots. I had biopsy done , 1 was cancer. He couldn’t biopsy the other area due to location snd if he did a ultrasound/MRI guided biopsy, he wouldn’t be assured that he got the actual tissue. I had history of DCIS in other breast, so mastectomy was recommended.
My point being that had he just read the report my cancer would have been overlooked for who know how long. Early detection was key. Reading the scan AND report are so important. The radiologist reading the scan is great but confirmation by the surgeon is of great importance. This is an older post (January) and I pray you are doing well.
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Thank you for your response.
I had a mri of my breasts 2 years ago because I read that it was recommended for people with dense breasts. I think it is about time that I get another thanks for the reminder. It gets quite tiring being so proactive all the time.
I had a ct of my chest recently and the doctors staff coded the referral wrong showing I had breast cancer on the left not the right, had I not looked at the results on line I would not have seen this. As it turned out i was told the radiologists do not look at the the code when reading the report they focus on the entire CT of the chest. I actually went down to radiology and got a copy of the referral to show him. I almost had a heart attack when I saw the clinical indication showed malignant neosplasm on-the left breast, apparently this is just to notify the radiologist of previous issues. Should one have to do this shouldn’t we be able to trust the doctors we have. I have had 3 cancers two were missed had it not been for myself being so proactive I probably wouldn’t be here to write this.
One more thing we get speakers at our cancer group I asked if we could get a radiologist to interpret our results.
Enough. Have a nice day.