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Can a biopsy needle turn a DCIS into invasive cancer?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Aug 23, 2025 | Replies (18)

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very interesting as after my lumpectomy 2yrs later I had recurrence near skin and near scar and probably also near biopsy entry. i asked surgeon if cancer cells could have been left from the needle for the biopsy and she said she’d only seen one such case and it wasnt mine but i still wonder…

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Replies to "very interesting as after my lumpectomy 2yrs later I had recurrence near skin and near scar..."

My situation is exactly like cashemire's...2 tumors appeared along the incision ; ten months later when I had my first follow-up, I was told it was just scar tissue, but it wasn't. Cancer had returned. I am in limbo at the moment.