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Treatment plan questions following my wife's recent diagnosis?
Wife (age72 in good health) was diagnosed with breast cancer (DCIS, Hormone Receptor Positive, IDC)? a few weeks ago after an imaging test and a...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 23 3:32pm
What questions should I ask at a 2nd opinion appointment?
Hi everyone.I haven’t posted in quite some time so a quick update. I just had stable scans Tuesday and I going on 4 years on...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 4, 2022
Intermediate Oncotype score: Did you choose chemo?
Hello! I’m 47. At the beginning of the year I was diagnosed with IDC and had a lumpectomy. Tumor was 14mm, grade 3, ki67 was...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 31, 2024
Can a biopsy needle turn a DCIS into invasive cancer?
Hi! I’m concerned about the consequences of having a biopsy. I know it is to lower the number of surgeries regarding benign lesions but I...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 23 5:37pm
Looking for your experiences with Brachytherapy for Breast Cancer
Diagnosed 3 weeks ago with IDC, estrogen and progesterone positive and Her2 negative. Grade1. Only 3mm on ultrasound/3D. Fine needle aspiration under arm lymph nodes...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 19, 2019
Is it possible to be ER+ in one breast, but have ADH in the other?
I had lumpectomy in right breast. IDC Stage 1. During the surgery they did a biopsy on left breast and it came back with Atypical...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 8, 2023
Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Stage 2 - Treatment Plan?
I am newly diagnosed with IDC Stage 2, 1.3 cm in size. Estrogen Receptor positive, Progesterone positive (1-10%) so not positive enough I have been...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 21, 2023
Allergic reaction to surgical soap (Chlorhexidine) after lumpectomy
Diagnosed with IDC. 10 days ago I had a tumor removed from my left breast and 3 lymph nodes. Still in a ton of pain...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 6 11:16am
Lumpectomy vs mastectomy
Good morning. I am 34, in the IDC club and up to my eyeballs with conflicting information. My surgeon extremely favors double mastectomy where other...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 16, 2023
Oncotype Test
Hello, I just had my first appointment with the medical oncologist this week. I have IDC stage 1a, and had lumpectomy (that’s how they found...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 30, 2024
Radiation after single mastectomy (SMX): What were your after effects?
Stage 2 --clear margins for IDC after surgery number 1 (1 positive lymph node ..5 clear, 6 removed during surgery). DCIS was at the margins...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 2 6:26pm
Anyone have breast aching, stinging as only symptom of breast cancer?
It seems I am a rarity regarding my Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and my only symptom has been my breast aching and stinging. I have had...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jul 6 12:10pm
Has anyone forgone sentinel node biopsies?
I am a newly diagnosed 66-year-old woman. I have IDC 8mm found by a twice-a-year check - one is a mammogram, and the other is...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 31 7:42am
AI Impact on Blood Sugar
46, Right breast IDC, ER+, PR+, HER2-, BRCA -, ONCO 18 node negative (with isolated tumor cells in the lymph nodes) I had a lumpectomy...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 8, 2024
Breast cancer and treatment decision-making: How to decide?
I discovered in the first of August that I had breast cancer ( IDC) and They decided to do a mastectomy on the first of...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 26, 2022
Zometa, ONJ, when is it really necessary?
Just started on Aromasin 2 months ago. Also on OFS every 3 months. Age 48. My oncologist recommended I get Zometa infusions of 4mg every...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 11 11:32am
Chemo or not?
Hello, I'm 45 years old, was dx with IDC in Sept.ER+ PR+ HER2-Stage IIAOncotype for 2 tumors was 17 and 19. Tumors were approx 3...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 13 8:22am
What kind of scan should one have after a partial mastectomy surgery?
Hi! I just went through the surgery on 12/26/23, had my post surgery follow-up check with my surgeon on 1/3/24. According to my Surgical Pathology...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 19, 2024
Need a ONCO DX test but was started on letrozole before surgery
I find myself in a difficult place with no options. I'm 63, dx'd with R multi-centric Est+/Prog- IDC, negative nodes x 4, 3 weeks post-op...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 14, 2023
MRI after 3D Mammogram - dense breast tissue
Recently, I had my first mammogram post treatment for IDC with one sentinel lymph node involved (I had surgery, radiation, ovarian suppression--and then ovary removal,...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 17, 2022