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Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 28 9:25am | Replies (1934)
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@katrina123

Sue Ellen,
Following are the dates of my follow-up scans.
Jan 2020 - Lumpectomy
Feb 2020 - Bilateral MRI
April 2020 - Mammogram & ultrasound
October 2020 - Mammogram and ultrasound
Feb 2021 - MRI
May 2021 - Mammogram & ultrasound
Feb 2022 - MRI
May 2022 - Mammogram
Feb 2023 - MRI
April 2023 - Mammogram and ultrasound
I have no idea if this number of scans is normal or not. I have a primary immune disease and I had a cancer that was very rare but is common to recur in the same place.
Going an entire year without a scan seems like a long time. What about your other breast?
I also have dense breasts and 2 months after having a 3D mammogram that I was told was negative I had an ultrasound that showed a 2 cm tumor. Maybe you could get a second opinion regarding follow-up scans.

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Sue Ellen Murrey | @semurrey | May 9, 2023

So helpful, Katrina- - I called my radiation oncologist as she concurred with my oncologist's opinion that scan before a year is not helpful and that after my diagnostic mammo (Oct 2023 a year after initial diagnosis) I should ask if my onco feels supplemental scans like an MRI should be added. I am going to request this so that going forward I would then have an MRI April 2023 alternating every 6 months with mammo. I'm 57 years old, ILC was 2cm, stage 1, no nodes, lumpectomy, radiation and letrozole. My other breast while dense looked "clear" in MRI I had pre surgery which is why I went with only lumpectomy (no BRAC gene).
I was just wondering why your MRI was done 2 mos "post lumpectomy" - did you have other symptoms. I really appreciate you weighing in.

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