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I don't know about the website you quote, but as far as what your onc was describing with "sophomore and junior" cancer cells hiding out, I know from experience this is true.
DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) is what IDC is before it learns how to break out of the milk duct and invade the surrounding breast and lymph nodes. My IDC tumor showed up on the ultrasound, but the DCIS was invisible. I had a lumpectomy and there was DCIS on the edge. So I had a second lumpectomy and the whole 10cm piece was DCIS. Then I had a mastectomy and there was more of the invisible DCIS and then invasive cancer on the other side of it.
The slime coating stuff, I've never heard before. I'll click on the link now...
xo
cary
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DX @ 34, Oct 2006
IDC, grade 3, Stage III
ER+ PR- Her2+++
9 nodes +
DD AC/T
Tried lumpectomy 2x Failed
Bilateral Mastectomy 3/07
Radiation 33x
Lupron + Tamoxifen for 3 months
Herceptin started 6/07
Ooph + Femara 7/07
Zometa
Neratinib Trial 1/10
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