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Oh my gosh, very grateful for your post! I was wondering about the other breast and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1121760/

Discussion: Lumpectomy or mastectomy that is the dilema. Any insight would help.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 11, 2024

@rpierro My story is very similar to yours. My DCIS was 24 years ago with lumpectomy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1413660/

Discussion: Fear of radiation after lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 12, 2025

Has anyone had experience is asking for liquid biopsy or contract enhanced mammo. I was disappointed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1000074/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 19, 2024

How did your appt go with your surgeon? My ILC (just under 2cm) was partially picked...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/950130/

Discussion: Just diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC): Any advice?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 19, 2023

@tanzdame These posts have been helpful to me. I had ilc 18 months ago followed by...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1457982/

Discussion: What type of yearly checkup do you have?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

In 2016 I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. I had a lumpectomy and a thirty-...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1182413/

Discussion: Anyone taking cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitors?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 30, 2024

If you have dense breasts, I would insist on something more than a mammogram. Depending on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1056932/

Discussion: What is considered expected follow-up?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 25, 2024

Thanks for sharing! I'm hoping liquid biopsies can further be researched and recommended as a tool...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/903096/

Discussion: Circulating tumor cells to determine risk of recurrence

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 27, 2023

Thanks for all your feedback! I will reach out again to my oncologist regarding an MRI...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/855971/

Discussion: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 7, 2023

If this helps, I am a therapist and have ILC. People who have not been in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1319868/

Discussion: Is anyone struggling with emotional issues?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 4, 2025

I made the same decision. ILC Grade 1, stage 2, .7mm tumor, lumpectomy clear margins, no...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1268647/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Thank you for the thread link! I’ve been told by my MO that I will start...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/800219/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 22, 2023

I come from a similar history ILC 2013 lumpectomy Right Turns out had in both breasts...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/732773/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 31, 2022

I absolutely would, and did, have mastectomy. ILC is difficult to image. It doesn't all grow...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1014413/

Discussion: Invasive lobular cancer and treatment choices

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 12, 2024

Hi @poesmom, I am in my 70s too (70) and I also had ILC in one...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/927564/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 10, 2023

Hi @shealeigh, I'd like to add my welcome. Let me provide links to related discussions that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/975161/

Discussion: Husband with ILC stage3C

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 4, 2023

@jmab I applaud you for starting half-dose of Tamoxifen. I just started half-dose of Anastrazole after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1470671/

Discussion: Stage 1 lobular breast cancer, anyone no treatment after surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 30, 2025

@jmab , I have ILC, stage 1, grade 2. I had a lumpectomy and 16 radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1466294/

Discussion: Tamoxifen 10mg vs 20mg

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 23, 2025

Hello all, Looking for some insight, thoughts etc. Diagnosed 1/2/2025. ILC. 20 weeks of chemo, mastectomy,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1414250/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 12, 2025

@lznielsen, fellow members have written about PTSD and cancer in these related discussions too: - PTSD...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1296670/

Discussion: Emotional aftermath following breast cancer treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 4, 2025

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