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I had DCIS in 2011 and IDC now, so it's been 12 years. I was having sharp pains, burning and tenderness in my breast where I had had the DCIS and they scheduled a breast exam, mammogram, and ultrasound. The mammogram was perfectly clear, but the ultrasound showed a suspicious lesion so they did a core-needle biopsy. That was all done on the same day. I will have an MRI on July 27 to rule out any involvement with the chest wall since the mass they saw was posterior and very close to the chest wall, just not picked up by the ultrasound. On the 31st I meet with an oncologist for a treatment plan- most likely endocrine therapy (tamoxifen). I can't have surgery or radiation since I had both of those done 12 years ago.
I plan to start with the normal dose of tamoxifen and if I have horrible side effects, I will request a lower dose which they now have.
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I do not understand why they can’t do more surgery. I know they can’t do radiation again, but I would question the no surgery rule.
My grandmother had multiple surgeries for breast cancer, even after mastectomy when it came back in the scar. They said as long as it hasn’t metastasized, they would just keep removing what they could.
My own breast cancer included scraping the rib bone to get it from the chest wall.
I would hope that you can get further information as to why they say no surgery. Unless you are not a surgical candidate for another reason.
Does this appear to be early stage (small), like last time?