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Becky · 11-18-2009, 04:03 AM

I have calcifications there and elsewhere. Mine are not micro but larger - like round dots (the size of the end of a pin). Calcifications form due to injury or in cancer (I think it might be the body's way of trying to "wall it off"). It is when they cluster (I saw this on my own "bad" mammogram - 10 or so clustered here and 10 or so clustered there.

Radiologists always compare to make sure they don't move or change just to make sure there is nothing underneath them.

Relax - you had a good mammogram!

11-18-2009, 04:03 AM	#2
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: Microcalcifications in tumour bed I have calcifications there and elsewhere. Mine are not micro but larger - like round dots (the size of the end of a pin). Calcifications form due to injury or in cancer (I think it might be the body's way of trying to "wall it off"). It is when they cluster (I saw this on my own "bad" mammogram - 10 or so clustered here and 10 or so clustered there. Radiologists always compare to make sure they don't move or change just to make sure there is nothing underneath them. Relax - you had a good mammogram! __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"