ILC Is a lumpectomy typically the first step?

Posted by reef @reef, Jan 22 11:41am

I was recently diagnosed with lobular breast cancer. Have only seen breast surgeon who says next step is lumpectomy. I feel that I should see an oncologist to consider other treatments too. Is this typical just to go into surgery after a diagnosis? My tumor is small based on ultrasound and MRI. How common is it to for lobular cancer the surgery shows things are much worse?

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kstar077 | @kstar077 | Jan 23 9:02am

You should see oncologist too for further blood testing. I had lumpectomy and my margins and lymph nodes were clear. My cancer was 11mm at 12:30 6cm from nipple. Good you are having mris. My cancer did not show up with mammo and ultra sound missed it. I felt lump and had biopsy and mri. I put my finger on lump for ultrasound to find. You must have ultra sound and mri to find my cancer. Surgeon explained it is like cobwebs and not seen with mammo alone. I did not have radiation and probably not hormone blocker. 90% chance my cancer will not come back. With radiation and hormone blocker 4% chance will come back.