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...er tissue in males. Alternatively, certain patients can choose to have a wide local excision, also known as a lumpectomy, an operation in which a small volume of breast tissue containing the tumor and...
...gnancy part would run in the family. I`m just wondering if I should skip the biopsy and go straight for the lumpectomy? Is microcalcifications an early diagnosis?...
...ead everything. I am 45, had IDC diagnosed in Oct. 2000. Tumor 1.7 cm (normal mammogram 4 months before!) Lumpectomy, CMF, radiation, then CMF. A few months after rads, my breast became edematous...
About 11 weeks post lumpectomy and node clearance, my wife has been told that she needs to wear a sleeve for the rest of her life, at least for a good part of every 24 hour period. We are both very u
...linda bliss i hope you all remember my original diagnosis invasive ductal carcinoma; stage 2; 2.9cm; grade 3; lumpectomy oct 99 clear margins axill node dissection 29 taken 2 positive thus A/C 4 cycle...
Hello, kind folks. I have a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. She was 68 then. She had a lumpectomy in 12/99, with the removal of many lymph nodes. The doctor took a lot of nodes an
...n hiya tim and hi to veryone else for those who dont know me here is dx: sept 99 i found lump left breast lumpectomy oct 99 clear margins, stage 2, invasive ductal carcinoma, ER and PR positive, ...
...roduction. (I've been lurking since last summer and have recently done some 'toe-dipping'). Last June I had a lumpectomy and removal of 13 lymph glands, all clear, followed by radiation treatment and ...
...s. New Treatments The current methods of treatment in use in the United States are: surgery (mastectomy and lumpectomy), radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and monoclonal antibody therapy. A...
...rgins in several areas, approaching to within 0.2 mm of the closest inked margin"). The surgeon wants to do a lumpectomy to get cleaner margins. I haven't seen the oncologist yet, but based on everyth...
Hi again everyone, I have been on tamoxifen for 2.5 years now following lumpectomy, chemo & radiation. I had not had a period for a year, but got one two weeks ago. I'm 46 and my gyn. wants to do
Hello all, I had a lumpectomy with a sentinel node biopsy and lymph node removal on 11-19. I'm experiencing quite a bit of swelling and discomfort under my arm. I have seen the doctor twice and he te
I had my lumpectomy 911 02. SNB all nodes clear, chemo and rads. Now I'm having lots of pain in my breast. I keep hearing that that is normal. Some times it is so sore that I grab at my chest to supp
I am writing this to give another example to those who may be about to go through a procedure like this. I know it helped me to hear of others experiances, even though each of us will have a unique ex
... the best it could, Grade 1, only 1 cm in size, negative nodes, negative for mets. I was told it would be a lumpectomy, 7 and 1/2 weeks of radiation with a possibility of Tamoxifen since my tumor w...
...o you all, I have just had a bilateral mas, with right side lymph node clearance done a month or 2 ago with a lumpectomy. If there is any cancer present in the left breast, will I have to have a third...
I saw my radiologist today to schedule radiation. I had a lumpectomy on May 4th, but there is a lot of pain and swelling and a hard lump under one of the scars. The doctor told me it was a very larg
I am new to this group, I am 42, with DCIS, had lumpectomy, chemo (ATC), and have just started radiation. My cancer is estrogen/progest positive. My oncologist wants me to take tomoxifin (for 5 year
My wife, age 37, has just started on a 5-year course of tamoxifen, now that she has had a lumpectomy and completed radiation treatment. She is having hot flashes but hasn`t noticed any other side ef
I had a lumpectomy, Nov. 1, then 4 AC treatments, the 30 rads. I finished all that on May 12. My breast is very sore internally on the side opposite the cancer site. There is also a tender spot near
...m at stage 0. I will be seeing the surgeon on Thursday and have been told by the radiologist that I'll have a lumpectomy and several weeks of radiation therapy. Needless to say I'm really nervous and ...
I was just diagnosed with breast cancer and my doctor told me that I'm a candidate for a lumpectomy. This procedure is going to be schedule for the next week or so. I was told that afterwards this bre
...wth and division and can transform a normal cell into a malignent cell. Clinical trails begin to show that lumpectomy with radiation can be as effective as mastectomy. 1979 The most frequently m...
... got the results of her genetic tests, and was positive for a BRCA1 mutation. Now, she has already undergone lumpectomy and chemo, and is currently undergoing radiation. Her oncologist delayed order...
... i am now feel comfortable in telling all of you whats been going on with me i had bc left breast oct 99 had lumpectomy oct 99 clear margins...stage 2...2.9 cm...invasive ductal carcinoma...29 lymph ...
I haven't posted for awhile but I have been lurking. DX 8/02, Lumpectomy 9/02, Chemo 10-12/02, Rads 6 1/2 weeks 03. I'm one year free. Now I seem to have lots of pain in my breast. I see a DR. every
...o dont remember here is orig dx invasive ductal carcinoma stage 2, grade 3 left breast. I found lump in 99 lumpectomy oct 99 clear margins. ER and PR positive HER2- axill node dissection 29 lymph ...
I have just been diagnosed with breast cancer and it has been suggested that I have lumpectomy plus signal lymph node dissection. It was caught on a routine mammogram. Problem: I really hate doctors
...et everyone know my wife's bone scan was okay. I had earlier posted about a pain she'd had in the ribs in the lumpectomy area. Her onc prescribed a bone scan. Everything was fine. (It was last Thursda...
enough to get a lumpectomy or two. I guess I was dreaming in techo-colour. I agreed to a mastectomy (crossed my fingers behind my back) under the condition that I leave the hospital with another brea
...mm) is infiltrating, and also given a grade 2 of 3. Of course we'll have a better idea what's what after her lumpectomy, and after they sample her right lymph node. She is scheduled for a lumpectomy...
I had a lumpectomy performed in Nov. 02. I finally went back for a mammo and it came back "abnormal". My doctor thinks it may be scar tissue or a new tumor ( it is on the scar area). She wants me to g
...ersible up to 3 months following the end of treatment, but is more often permanent. For the record, I had a lumpectomy, and am scheduled for radiation following the completion of chemotherapy. The p...
Hi all, I haven't read this since last year when I had a lumpectomy. I hesitated to get a mammogram and of course, it is abnormal BUT the radiologist can't determine whether it's scar tissue or anothe
...treatment and much like the first one it went pretty well. I have developed breast pain associatead with the lumpectomy incision. One other time the breast was quite obviously swollen and needed to ...
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