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Neoadjuvant treatment before surgery may be recommended, to shrink the tumor before mastectomy or lumpectomy. But...
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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...
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Did cancer come back with sudden rise in 27 29 marker?
Marker elevated after 2 years since lumpectomy. Also had mastectomy 23 years ago. Never heard of this 27 29 marker. Oncologist wants bone and cat...
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PASH with invasive ductal carcinoma
Recently diagnosed with grade 1 ER/PR+ HER2-, IVD in right breast. Second biopsy in same side of breast revealed benign condition called PASH. After reading...
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Why No Surgery for MBC?
It seems that it is standard procedure to skip over lumpectomies and mastectomies for MBC and go directly to drugs. I can’t find an explanation...
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Bilateral Mastectomy without Reconstruction Recovery Timeline
I'm going to be having a bilateral mastectomy without reconstruction and I'd love to hear from others who have gone through this about your recovery...
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How fast does DCIS spread?
I had ADH 8 years ago so have been on a monitoring schedule of alternating MRI with mammogram every six months. Had MRI the end...
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Time you took to process
So a little history. My wife sister died of Breast cancer 25 years ago. It was a second occurrence for her. Now my wife was...
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Invasive lobular cancer and treatment choices
I was diagnosed with ILC in dec2023. I just had a lumpectomy and they removed 3 small tumors grade 1 and 3 lymph nodes. My...
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Ductal carcinoma in situ in one breast, lobular hyperplasia in other
I have been diagnosed with ducal carcinoma in SITU in left breast and have benign lobular hyperplasia in right .. should I got for bilateral...
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Frozen Section Examination during surgery
Hello everyone, I just met Dr. Alexandra Heerdt, Memorial Sloan Kettering, for a second opinion. She allows you to ask questions, she is approachable. Overall...
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@mjmac Welcome to Mayo Connect and glad you have found helpful. I was in similar situation...
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It sounds like you've just been through a lot with two surgeries, radiation and shingles. I...
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