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RobinP · 09-30-2006, 04:36 PM

High grade DCIS is usually lumped together in the breast, whereas low grade DCIS is very diffuse, necessitating a mastectomy. Still, I would opt for a mastectomy if this cancer has returned for a second time despite surgery with rads.

No one will ever know why your cancer came back at the same spot, whether the surgery was bad or the radiation. Are you sure you had clean margins when they radiated? Maybe a second pathology opinion on the old pathology would tell you. You know sometimes pathology errors do occur. If you had unclean margins, then that explains why radiation didn't work.

Good luck to you with your new treatment plans.

09-30-2006, 04:36 PM	#6
RobinP Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 943	High grade DCIS is usually lumped together in the breast, whereas low grade DCIS is very diffuse, necessitating a mastectomy. Still, I would opt for a mastectomy if this cancer has returned for a second time despite surgery with rads. No one will ever know why your cancer came back at the same spot, whether the surgery was bad or the radiation. Are you sure you had clean margins when they radiated? Maybe a second pathology opinion on the old pathology would tell you. You know sometimes pathology errors do occur. If you had unclean margins, then that explains why radiation didn't work. Good luck to you with your new treatment plans. __________________ Robin 2002- dx her2 positive DCIS/bc TX Mast, herceptin chemo