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I have read that dcis is not yet cancer, but pre-cancer..so why take the drug???!!! Check...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/219899/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 18, 2020

@azrhonda Well... shoot. What a shock that must have been for you. I can only hazard...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/284015/

Discussion: 13 cancerous lymph nodes not detected on imaging

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 20, 2019

I also had a lumpectomy, and will start radiation in December. No chemo. Just curious—did you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/276339/

Discussion: Genetic testing...does anyone have the CHEK2 gene mutation?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 15, 2019

I am 61, I had biopsy/surgery on one breast in 2007 an the other in 2017....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/279937/

Discussion: Genetic tests available for breast cancer detection

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 14, 2019

Hi kathyomaha55. I haven’t been here for awhile but if you don’t mind me asking did...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/87443/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 2, 2019

Hi @kruzin - I don't know if I'm too late to post my experience as you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/208259/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 2, 2018

I had a lumpectomy a year ago and then radiation and am now on Tamoxifen. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/939776/

Discussion: 48 years old with stage 1 ILC - Tamoxifen Advice

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 1, 2023

I did not take it. I am two years out. Did not get breasts removed. Stage...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1249561/

Discussion: Why Anastrazole if I Had a Bilateral Mastectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 3 1:31pm

I made the same decision. Had a lumpectomy 3 weeks ago, no node involvement, etc. stage...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1251748/

Discussion: Off Anastrozole and Letrozole after a year

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 6 11:20am

So, I just had a lumpectomy as well for stage 1 ILC (1.4 mm, ER+, PR-,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1246551/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 27 10:42am

Hi there, just wanna say how proud I am of everybody in this group. You are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1208695/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 10 11:48pm

I had chemo first (4 Adriamycin-“red devil”), 12 Taxol, then lumpectomy, then 30 radiation. I didn’t...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/853097/

Discussion: Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 2, 2023

My DCIS was very small and the lumpectomy showed good margins. My surgeon was open to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/976768/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 7, 2023

I was diagnosed with Stage 1 lobular cancer in January of 2023. I had a lumpectomy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1257012/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 13 11:47am

I was diagnosed on 12/07/2021 and had lumpectomy on 1/27/2022. I was put on Anastrozole on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1037454/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 20, 2024

Yes, my first lumpectomy showed poor margins and along with DCIS they found invasive papillary cancer....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1272438/

Discussion: Surgeon missed the margins. 2nd surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 2 9:45am

I,m 77 and was diagnosed in May 2024. Had a lumpectomy. I had 2 lumps and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1273289/

Discussion: Breast cancer radiation after 70? What options have you considered?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 3 11:21am

I had 2 weeks radiation following my lumpectomy stage 1 lobular also. One week full breast...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1270306/

Discussion: 1 Week vs 3 Week Whole Breast Radiation Schedule after Lumpectomy DCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 30 2:59pm

I had a lumpectomy in January, radiation, and 2 different AIs with bone pain side effects...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/261457/

Discussion: Stage 2 breast cancer: What treatments decisions did you have to make?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 16, 2019

I am a five-year survivor of breast cancer. My choice was a total mastectomy and reconstruction....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/261435/

Discussion: Stage 2 breast cancer: What treatments decisions did you have to make?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 9, 2019

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