AA. I will add my experience to the mix. I had a "suspicious area, probably benign, return in 6 months" mammo. I decided to get a second opinion of this reading. Went to a doc who specializes in breast care. She did an ultrasound which confirmed calcifications. Also sent me for an MRI which did not show it. (I am having difficulty remember the sequence. It seems to have happened a long time ago although it was only 2007!) She followed with a sterotactic biopsy which then confirmed cancer. I am grateful for her dilligence. Hope this helps. I find it all very complex!
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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