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Hi Friday surgeon said yes I’ll need chemo. After first biopsies nov 17 the outlook was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/810517/

Discussion: Pathology: It's overwhelming before meeting with the surgeon

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 12, 2023

I also had IDC stage 1, no positive lymph nodes. Last Feb. 2022 I had 21...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/797871/

Discussion: Invasive ductal carcinoma and length of radiation treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 17, 2023

I am a very active 65 year old with good bones and not overweight. Diagnosed with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1334938/

Discussion: Looking for research re: taking AI drugs vs not taking them

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 25 12:18pm

My aunt had DCIS. She went through surgery, radiation, and took Tamoxifen for 7 years. No...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1083947/

Discussion: Just diagnosed with DCIS: How do I know what questions to ask?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 9, 2024

In fine print of release you sign to have mri of breast with gadolinium) It has...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1007829/

Discussion: Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 1, 2024

Hi. I also had dcis and idc. I had a double M last week. I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1218030/

Discussion: Deciding whether to have diagnostic sentinel lymph node removal

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 21 9:14am

I have been writing about my cancer (to the extent that I could) since my abnormal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/997839/

Discussion: Cancer: Being diagnosed during the holiday season

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 15, 2024

My experience is local recurrence 2.5 yrs after stage 1 IDC, lumpectomy, no nodes, clean margins...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/782854/

Discussion: How important is taking hormone blockers after surgery for IDC?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 9, 2022

Yes, about a 2 cm patch of DCIS grade 2/3 which had turned into multifocal IDC...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/977520/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 9, 2023

@cob13 Thank you so much for sharing the experience. It’ll certainly help someone who experiences a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1191931/

Discussion: Unusual Presentation of DCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 16, 2024

I too had IDC & hormone positive & had to give up my HRT which I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067558/

Discussion: When you have hormone positive breast cancer, how to manage menopause?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 14, 2024

I had local recurrence, near scar after lumpectomy, 2.5 yrs after diagnosis of same (IDC, ER+),...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1000094/

Discussion: Anyone experience regional recurrence of stage 1 ER+ BC < 5 years?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 19, 2024

I’m sorry your daughter is going through this. I had surgery 3 weeks ago for stage...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/890906/

Discussion: Direct to Implant and Reconstruction Same Day

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 6, 2023

I had LCIS for 20 years with 2 previous biopsies, a nipple removal due to a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/875890/

Discussion: LCIS multiple biopsies in 1 1/2 years.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 10, 2023

Diagnosed with stage 1 IDC at age 60, have osteoporosis, so instead of taking AI’s, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1050259/

Discussion: Anyone taking 5 mg Tamoxifen: Do you have side effects with 5 mg?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 13, 2024

I am 72. I took Raloxifene and the only side effect I had was cold-sensitivity. That...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/955302/

Discussion: Conflicted on taking medication

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 28, 2023

@nana3131, according to this article from Mayo Clinic: - Radiation for breast cancer https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/radiation-therapy-for-breast-cancer/about/pac-20384940 “Increasingly, doctors...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/797752/

Discussion: Invasive ductal carcinoma and length of radiation treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 16, 2023

Hello @cartersgirl2 Welcome to connect. I am sorry you are dealing with something so rare. That...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/935500/

Discussion: Xanthogranulomatous mastitis

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 24, 2023

Im 66 Dx 2B IDC Bilateral lumpectomies Waiting for my Onco results -I’ll let u no...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/833815/

Discussion: Intermediate Oncotype score: Did you choose chemo?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 29, 2023

I was diagnosed with stage 1 IDC in 2016. Then metastatic breast cancer to bones end...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/819300/

Discussion: MBC What did you experience when 1st line treatment stopped working?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 1, 2023

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