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tricia keegan · 11-26-2011, 04:22 PM

A friend of mine had very dense breasts and finally a 9cm tumour was dx by MRI although the US and Mammo did'nt show this, she's still doing great four years on after tx but if this had not been dx when it had she surely would have progressed to stage iv by now so I'm skeptical about this!!!

11-26-2011, 04:22 PM	#4
tricia keegan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,463	Re: Lancet article: "MRI of little benefit to Most women with breast cancer A friend of mine had very dense breasts and finally a 9cm tumour was dx by MRI although the US and Mammo did'nt show this, she's still doing great four years on after tx but if this had not been dx when it had she surely would have progressed to stage iv by now so I'm skeptical about this!!! __________________ Tricia Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06 Currently taking Arimidex.. June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density. Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc. 2014 Normal Dexa scan 2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!