MRI guided Biopsy - What was your experience like?

My doctor has told me I can have an MRI guided biopsy as an option for peace of mind to confirm additional small areas of cancer in my left breast. I have already had an ultrasound biopsy on one area that was found during an ultrasound. I was going to have a lumpectomy but then the doctor wanted me to do a Breast MRI. So, I then had a Breast MRI and more areas have shown up just in the left breast. They are so small you could not see them on an ultrasound or mammogram. I am wondering if anyone has had the experience that resulted in benign lesions after the MRI guided biopsy. I guess I am hoping for the best. I don't want to cause further complications as it sounds like the guided biopsy can be rough on some patients. Any thoughts?

I am personally a big fan of the MRI guided biopsy. I had one a year ago after mamography, ABUS and 2 biopsies, and it turned up an additional tumor in my left breast. This tumor had previously gone completely unseen by the other diagnostic procedures. The MRI guided biopsy was definitely a bit more involved than. conventional biopsy, but very manageable and with an important discovery that had previously gone unseen. It helped me with the decision to go for mastectomy rather than lumpectomy - I wanted to be free of this invader, and was ready to take whatever measures to insure the best outcome. It's VERY important to mention that my cancer was lobular, not ductal. (I didn't find this out until the post surgical pathology report.) Lobular cancer is harder to detect, but has a higher level of recurrence, especially if left untreated. It's my understanding that radiation, surgery and hormonal follow up treatment is the standard of care of lobular cancer, as opposed to chemotherapy, lumpectomy followed b y hormonal care. This is a sneaky beast, but I'm up for the fight. Cancer treatment is absolutely no fun, and life is never quite the same, but the gift is ....... we get to live. I'll put up with any temporary fear, pain or inconvenience to maintain the advantage in the fight. I love having another day, after another day, after another day...........and I plan on having many more! I'm grateful we live in a time when these diagnostics and treatments are available to give us our lives back!

Yes, just last May in Rochester Mayo I had the procedure. One tumor was " hyperplasia" and the other two were DCIS and LCIS. For me, I had IBC in the other breast back in 2003 with positive lymph nodes so since I have already done the cancer dance it was with tremendous relief to have this result.