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How many weeks after the surgery did you start radiation therapy?
I recently had a lumpectomy for DCIS . How many weeks after the surgery do you start radiation therapy? Would it be too late if...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 8, 2023
Lumpectomy + radiation VS Mastectomy -- pros cons?
Hi, I was diagnosed with DICS ER- Multifocal in the fall. It has taken four months to get to this point in the process. Right...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 29 2:33pm
DCIS do I really need an AI?
Non-invasive DCIS grade 2 lumpectomy clear margins 3 mm in size. Decision RT says no- radiation side effects outweigh the benefits. Do I really need...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 4, 2024
Atypical lobular hyperplasia: Did you have surgery?
August 2021, I was diagnosed with invasive DCIS in my left breast. I underwent a lumpectomy, chemo, and radiation. I am currently on Anastrozole. August...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 3 5:37pm
Anyone had DCIS high-grade diagnosis?
Hello has anyone here had dcis high grade 3. What was your experience? Did you have surgery? What was recovery like? I am multifocal With...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 11, 2023
Repeat lumpectomy? And treatment decisions. Need advice
Just had lumpectomy Dec 1. Pathology report was: positive margin on the posterior edge DCIS Micropapillary Grade 2. My surgeon called me yesterday for re-excision...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 28, 2024
Right breast cancer DCIS: Is 4-5 weeks of radiation normal protocol?
I recently was diagnosed with (DCIS) stage 1, her2 negative, both hormones positive, 4mm size tumor. I chose to have a lumpectomy and do hormone...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 19, 2024
No cancer found in lumpectomy tissue?
Three months ago I was diagnosed with DCIS in two locations after two mammograms and a core needle biopsy at each site (same breast). Surgeon...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 23, 2023
Can someone who’s had a mastectomy share the psychological effects ?
I had DCIS 12 years ago with lumpectomy and radiation. I now have IDC, and my only option is a mastectomy. I’m 72 and have...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 15, 2023
Diagnosed with DCIS HER2+ Stage 2.
My lump was too big for a lumpectomy and I've had 3 rounds of chemo so far. My lump is gone and scans are no...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 20, 2023
Anastrozole and period returned
Earlier this year I was diagnosed with DCIS. I have had two lumpectomies and 19 rounds of radiation.I started taking Anastrozole a week ago and...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 1, 2023
Hormone testing
Hi I recently had a lumpectomy and just got my pathology can someone explain to me what ER PR POSITIVE and HER2 negative mean Stage...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 12, 2024
Pathology: It's overwhelming before meeting with the surgeon
Hi just had a 2 tumor lumpectomy and sentinel lymph node removal. I am waiting to meet with surgeon Friday. In the meantime I’m able...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 19, 2023
Bilateral mastectomy and aromatose inhibitors or tamoxifen
I had DCIS in 2007 in the right breast with lumpectomy and radiation. I then had IDC in 2018 in left breast with lumpectomy and...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 8, 2020
How long should I wait for an appt to get a second opinion?
Hi! I was diagnosed with DCIS by a local oncologist but I wanted a second opinion so I scheduled another appointment at a bigger cancer...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 15, 2023
Letrozole joints, bone loss, low platelets, high cholesterol
Hi DCIS stage 0 grade 3 ER+ low % lumpectomy/radiation, clean margins no lymph involved. Was on Anastrozole, could hardly walk, hair loss, increased chin...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 1, 2024
ADH vs DCIS
I just received news today that after several mammograms and now a biopsy, I have atypical ductal hyperplasia suspicious for low grade ductal carcinoma in...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 1, 2023
Skeletal Muscle and Perineural Invasion
I am hoping for some guidance with a post lumpectomy pathology report. I am 47 and recently diagnosed with DCIS in the left breast and...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 2, 2024
Double mastectomy /Estrogen positive DCIS and increased arthritic pain
April 17 I had the double mastectomy and same day silicone replacements after a lumpectomy with three unclear margins (total area of DCIS was approximately...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jul 3, 2023
Deciding if I should do bilateral or double mastectomy??
I was just diagnosed w/DCIS & IDC in my right breast. Unfortunately the masses are so large that lumpectomy is out of the question. I...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 4, 2023