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follow up mammos
Grace, I am 5 years out, stage I, and my last mammo was BIRADS 2 (probably benign) with 6-month follow up. But by chance I happen to know fairly precisely how fast my original tumor grew, and now that 3 months have passed I have an appointment next week to have my surgeon examine me in Seattle (he has a sono machine in his office as well and will probably take a closer look himself). My last mammo has been sent to his office for me so he can review it and the report about the right breast ultrasound done at the same time the mammo was done, when I see him.
In the past year I posted an article on the articles forum that indicated that HER2 bc does generally grow faster.
As a rule, radiologists generally are not told what kind of cancer bc patients have had already, and my thinking is that they recommend 6 months based on seeing the broader range of bc patients. Therefore I don't think it makes good sense to wait 6 months.
AlaskaAngel
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