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So happy to hear you are well! May I ask what provoked CT scan of brain?...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/901895/

Discussion: Did anyone ever get a surprise primary lung cancer finding?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 25, 2023

Another really good resource is the lobular breast cancer (ILC) science and support Facebook group. Extremely...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1080314/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 3, 2024

I was diagnosed ILC STAGE 1a. Surgeon and breast oncologist both said no need for lymph...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1269763/

Discussion: Has anyone forgone sentinel node biopsies?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 30, 2025

Are you ILC or IDC? Is it in situ? Are you HER2 + or minus and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/818466/

Discussion: Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Stage 2 - Treatment Plan?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 27, 2023

What did your MRI report? I'm also 58yrs old and one year out from stage 1A,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1000072/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 19, 2024

Hi Nancy: I so much appreciate your information. My last radiation boost therapy is 3-01-2023 which...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/816268/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 23, 2023

I have to be medicated. I waited from Aug 2022 until April 2023 to have an...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/985560/

Discussion: Do you have a coping mechanism to get through an MRI?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 23, 2023

thank you for sharing, thats interesting as i was told that i still need mammo (even...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1139042/

Discussion: Do BC survivors have higher risk of ovarian, uterine, cervical cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 9, 2024

My doc at MDA was fine with my using a small amount of Estrace cream in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1008872/

Discussion: Anastrozole experience: Any tips for managing side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 3, 2024

With ILC, all options are on the table. It's too sneaky and invasive not to take...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1175634/

Discussion: Invasive lobular cancer and treatment choices

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 18, 2024

Same-ILC stage 1, radiation likely to start next week for 15 treatments. It’s reassuring to read...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1386706/

Discussion: Radiation 5 vs 15 fractions

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 4, 2025

I had ILC and had a bilateral mastectomy. I had no radiation or chemo. This was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/926994/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 9, 2023

I am 72 & was diagnosed last August with stage 1 ILC, found on mammogram (no...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1534335/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: 4 days ago

@kristiengelman0912 I add my welcome. I'd like to add @joiful and @kk57 to this discussion as...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/774064/

Discussion: Anyone else diagnosed with IDC & ILC, at the same time?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 16, 2022

Very sorry to hear of your struggle. I support the use of MRI over mammogram and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1080413/

Discussion: DCIS first follow up since surgery in September.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 3, 2024

Hello: I recently went to Mayo for Invasive Lubular Carcinoma. I had surgery on 9/22. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/945385/

Discussion: Does Mayo Clinic have oncologists who specialize in Lobular BC?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 10, 2023

Thank you Queue555 for the reply. Today I did find I have ER+, HER2- ILC. Did...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/794820/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 10, 2023

Thank you for sharing. What side effects if any did you experience? Was the shrinkage on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1181747/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 29, 2024

Thank you so much!! I am going to try (as I call them my 'icky pills')...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86364/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 6, 2017

Glad I found this forum! I just had a lumpectomy for a confirmed ILC tumour, 1.4...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1246035/

Discussion: Atypical lobular hyperplasia: Did you have surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 26, 2025

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