Hiding cancer cells?

[carykim]

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

[Adriana Mangus]

I should have listened to my instincts when I was first dx in 94, I asked the surgeon to remove the breast and he convinced me to keep it. After surgery he assured me that he had "got it all" .

I knew, my gut feelings were telling me otherwise, here am almost ten years after initial dx, having to deal with a recurrence to rt lung.

Glad you were smart enough to have a second lumpectomy, then a mastectomy. Always listen to your instincts....

I'm happy for you!!!.