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Lumpectomy without radiation vs Mastectomy
I have grade 1, Well Differentiated Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer. It is 9 mm. Because I can not have radiation after the Lumpectomy (I had...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 12, 2023
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Deciding btw lumpectomy or prophylactic mastectomy and reconstruction
Hi, A few weeks after my 42 birthday, I was diagnosed with stage 1 grade 1 invasive lobular carcinoma and found out I am a...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 12, 2022
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Debating Lumpectomy vs Mastectomy /Pathology Change?
My Oncologist said that sometimes the final pathology report may be different from the initial pathology (done with core bx). My initial pathology is Est...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 4 12:04am
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Lumpectomy or mastectomy that is the dilema. Any insight would help.
Hello, I have been reading posts since shortly after I was diagnosed in early June with ILC. It has been quite informative, has made me...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 5, 2024
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Newly Diagnosed Lumpectomy or Mastectomy? Mom had Triple Negative
Hello everyone, I have just been diagnosed with IDC 0.7 cm grade 3, ER low positive, Progesterone negative and HER2 Negative, K-67 21-30%. Pathology and...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 7 8:02am
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Lumpectomy with radiation vs mastectomy for stage 1 invasive plus DCIS
Receiving mixed messages... articles and doctors saying lumpectomy with radiation is better for me... understood that I needed radiation and tamoxifen either way. My mother...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 13, 2024
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have current implants - do I choose lumpectomy/rad or mastectomy
Hi- I currently have implants and have been dx with Stage 1a Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. I am struggling with choosing lumpectomy or mastectomy because of...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jul 5, 2025
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Anyone had a lumpectomy then decide to have mastectomy? DCIS stage 0
I will know more after next mammogram and MRI this fall, but my after surgery mammogram was not clean. I believe I posted earlier that...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 19, 2024
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Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia AND Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
Hi all, My first time here. Never did this before. But here goes. I was just diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC) Stage 1, less...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 5, 2024
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Wondering if I'm taking the right path...
Hey everybody. I'll try to keep it short. Just had a 2nd lumpectomy last week. Diagnosed with DCIS last December. Had a rough time deciding...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 23, 2024