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Detecting cancer in women with dense breasts: MRI?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jun 5 7:54am | Replies (168)Comment receiving replies
Jaynep I feel compelled to reply, as I was diagnosed in Oct ‘22 ONLY because they did an MRI. Nothing showed up on my last mammo from ‘21. My sister was diagnosed in September of ‘22 so I called my Dr and she said it put me in a high risk group bc my sister is under 50. Lo and behold the MRI showed a fairly large area of cancer which the subsequent biopsy confirmed as Triple Negative Invasive ductal carcinoma. The radiologist said it WOULD NOT have shown up on a mammogram, because I have dense breast tissue- which I had never been told before. He said maybe after the fact because he knew what he was looking for would it be evident. So please do advocate for yourself. Since my experience I fully believe every woman should have a breast MRI with contrast, as that is how the cancer was found in my case. I would still be walking around thinking I was fine if my sister didn’t get diagnosed and if my Doctor hadn’t responded the way she did.
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Absolutely. That is how my cancer was found. MRIs My mammogram did not show anything. Had a mastectomy in 2019. I now have mammo with alternating MRIs every 6 months. Blessings to you all
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Thank you for your reply. I did call my surgeon’s office and was fortunate to speak to the young lady who does scheduling for my particular surgeon in the group. I got a call the next day from the cancer center and a MRI was schedule for me. Medicare says they will pay for it-we’ll see about that-bit I feel so much better. I agree with you about walking around thinking you were okay. The radiologist told me the tumor had probably been growing for two years. I also wasn’t told I have what they called heterogenously dense breasts. It does cause me to wonder if I’d had a MRI instead of a mammogram earlier perhaps I wouldn’t have hadn’t to have a mastectomy-that maybe the cancer would have just been in the tumor. But I am grateful it was caught early at stage 1. I hope you and your sister are doing well. 🌹