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Hi, I was diagnosed with DCIS ( stage 0) and did a lumpectomy and 5 radiations...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/776379/

Discussion: Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 22, 2022

Thank you! I’ve been diagnosed with DCIS and my surgery for lumpectomy is on Jan 12....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/794170/

Discussion: Need answers

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 8, 2023

I think the questions above are excellent and a good place to start. I had a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/793986/

Discussion: Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 8, 2023

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I get my breast care from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/755359/

Discussion: Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 29, 2022

It was a fairly easy decision as I had three locations of DCIS spread out so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/762440/

Discussion: Sparing mastectomy/Diep - What was your recommended follow-up?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 17, 2022

Please help me. My doctors will not answer my questions. I even had a group of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/770690/

Discussion: Bilateral Mastectomy without Reconstruction Recovery Timeline

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 8, 2022

This is interesting. I did not know that lymph nodes showed up on an MRI of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/284019/

Discussion: 13 cancerous lymph nodes not detected on imaging

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 21, 2019

I had DCIS then IDC in the opposite breast. The first time I had lumpectomy, radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/291273/

Discussion: LCIS-Age 61 (post menopause) diagnosis- AI’s a good idea?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 27, 2020

I was diagnosed with LCIS six years ago and Invasive Lobular Cancer four years ago. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/257097/

Discussion: The math of invasive breast cancer risk for LCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 7, 2020

Hi Sue and Linda, I was diagnosed with invasive tubular carcinoma with two positive nodes 29...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/337591/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed: IDC Tubular Carcinoma of the Breast

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 25, 2021

I had DCIS, stage 0, 11 years ago and did 35 days of radiation and took...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/219794/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 20, 2019

I had two types of breast cancer according to my surgical pathology report. IDC and DCIS...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/208117/

Discussion: Microinvasive breast cancer and positive senitel lympyh node

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2018

I had a lumpectomy for DCIS in late January 2023. My recovery was no different from...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/846827/

Discussion: I’m new, concerned, NERVOUS and worried NO Diagnosis

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 21, 2023

I had dcis micro calcifications about a year ago. I had lumpectomy ,clear margins then radiation....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851773/

Discussion: microcalcifications

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 30, 2023

Hi, in 2002 I also had DCIS. I had a lumpectomy. The tissue that was surgically...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/633784/

Discussion: Bilateral mastectomy: how to decide on hormone therapy or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 8, 2021

If you are on regular Medicare, that will pay for bilateral mastectomy (80%) I think. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/324695/

Discussion: BRCA2 and MSH6: Family finds it hard to discuss cancer & feelings

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 19, 2020

Newly diagnosed DCIS stage 0 -High grade post lumpectomy of two very small mm size areas....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/875997/

Discussion: Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 10, 2023

@heydon2023 your words are spot on for what I did 18 yrs ago. I had DCIS...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/877079/

Discussion: Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 12, 2023

I had DCIS EST+/PR+ last November and had a lumpectomy and 5 days of radiation. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/884332/

Discussion: Hormone vaginal meds?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 24, 2023

The statistic I was given today at my surgeons office was 40% recurrence without radiation and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/861931/

Discussion: Deciding on radiation or not

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 18, 2023

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