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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
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
Ibrance and Letrozole: Newly Diagnosed Treatment
Hello, My name is Sharon, I am 56 years old, and I have recently been diagnose with IDC Breast cancer the has spread to my...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 22, 2023
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
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
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
Re-excision Lumpectomy
I’m looking for your experience (not advice) from those that had invasive ++- ..roughly stage 2 with 1 lymph node involvement (clear first attempt) and...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 10 8:52am
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: Apr 28, 2024
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
Help me to understand and make friends with my lymph nodes :)
I am in the middle of 15 sessions radiation treatment (post-lumpectomy) for my first-timer BC. My deets: Age 63, IDC stage 1 grade 2, 16-18mm,...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jul 31 9:48pm
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
Facing the Uncertainty of Follow-Up Nodules Post-Treatment
I was diagnosed with breast cancer (IDC, ER+/PR+/HER2-, 1.5 cm, Stage 1 Grade 2) and treated with a lumpectomy, radiotherapy, and I’m currently on ongoing...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 10 9:32am