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Breast Cancer | Last Active: Feb 1, 2023 | Replies (14)
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@lisakinpa

I beg to disagree with your statement that more women diagnosed with lobular have mastectomies. This is not true.

A lot of variables come into play when discussing treatment plans, regardless of the lobular diagnosis.

Lobular is not always hard to detect. It’s not usually found in the other breast and there are many many of us who’ve chosen to have lumpectomies. ♥️

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masterfuldogtrainer | @masterfuldogtrainer | Jan 31, 2023

Thank you very much for your hug and note.

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windyshores | @windyshores | Jan 31, 2023

@liskinpa you are right. I looked at a lot of studies just now and here is a typical conclusion: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9367019/

"Conclusions: Invasive lobular carcinoma can be safely treated with breast conservation with no difference in local recurrence or survival. In the absence of a suspicious finding on clinical or radiologic examination, routine contralateral breast intervention is not recommended."

I was diagnosed with lobular and ductal 8 years ago and was told mastectomy would be better (and I wanted that). I was told lobular was "multicentric" and "marched in a line" without forming a mass, so it was hard to image. However studies do not show a worse outcome with lumpectomy for small low grade tumors and possibly others, depending on other factors like ER, proliferation, Oncotype etc.

I tend to write with a qualifying "I believe..." But appreciate the correction so that others get the right info! Apologies!

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