Breast Cancer Support Group

Surgeon told me that a lumpectomy is not recommended for a small Stage 1 Grade 2 Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma tumor due to my age 81....

Is laparoscopy ever used for a lumpectomy? I have a 5mm dcis tumor that I'm now scheduling for a lumpectomy. My surgeon is going to...

I had a sudden onset of a breast infection/abcess --months after biopsy. Took a week for surgeon to prescribe antibiotics and ended up postoning my...

I was moved to tears for the life of this surgeon, researcher, advocate, author of The Breast Book and creator of army of women. Dr....

I was diagnosed with invasive lobular cancer in May. Surgeon put me on letrozole, which I started in June, to shrink the tumor, expecting to...

Hi all! I have hesitated to post but I’m going crazy. I discovered a large indentation under my right breast. Being seen at the breast...

Newly diagnosed, yesterday! My pcp had breast cancer and so she filled me in a bit. She mentioned lumpectomy then maybe moving on to mastectomy....

I was diagnosed with Stage 4 BC in July 2020 with a Hormone Receptor Positive, HER 2+ with METS to liver, lymph nodes and bones....

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...

I don't really have a question yet, I'm just scared and trying to find good info without Dr. Googling everything. I don't know what kind...

Two years ago I had a double skin sparing mastectomy including removal of some lymph nodes on both sides. During operation I had expanders put...

I had my surgery at Mayo JAX, now I am to have manual breast exams every 6 months. Do I see a GYN, a surgeon...

Diagnosed with DCIS grade 2 and stage 0 in 10/23. I also have Sjogrens (auto immune disease) with lung involvement. Surgeon and medical team have...

I can not tolerate the expanders in both breasts. They hurt, they are foreign, I want them out. I want to change my mind. I...

HiHas anyone experienced bowel issues after radiation treatment. I am having a colonoscopy. My surgeon thinks I may have colitis. I have have IBS. It...

I was diagnosed with MBC in September 2020. I am weak and depressed because it being level four diagnosis the oncologist is treating with verzenio...

My breast MRI last week showed a very large lesion with clustered ring enhancement and washout that radiologist defines as "suspicious for malignancy", but absolutely...

I have had a breast rash (scaly and itchy) since I had my mastectomy with tissue expander placement 10/01/20. I had my exchange surgery 12/16/21....

I had a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy 9 days ago. Nodes were clear. Hooray. I have a painful hematoma at the incision site. It’s...

I was recently diagnosed with lobular breast cancer. Have only seen breast surgeon who says next step is lumpectomy. I feel that I should see...