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Has anyone had a "pseudolump" after treatment?
I had a lumpectomy (left breast, Dec. '06) and I'm finishing radiation treatments. Last weekend I discoved a lump in my left chest. I'm going for an ultrasound on Tuesday. I was re-reading Susan Love's Breast Book and she describes non-cancerous lumps that can appear due to fat cell necrosis after lumpectomy and radiation. Of course, I'm hoping that this is what I have. Has anyone here had one?
Thanks!
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IDC Stage IIIA
Diagnosed Nov 2006 (routine mammogram), age 51
Lumpectomy, lymph node dissection Dec 2006
3 cm tumor, 8 cancerous lymph nodes
Grade 3, ER/PR -, HER-2/neu +++ (by FISH, average 20 copies per cell)
A/C x 4, Taxol x 12, Herceptin x 47 weeks
35 radiation treatments
Completed treatment on April 3, 2008
Chest port removed October 2009
11 years since diagnosis NED
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