Thinking outside the box
I see the posts by people who have been diagnosed with large mass breast cancers that went undetected by mammogram and ultrasound and they end up being diagnosed at advanced stages, and I am puzzled by it.
With these people, or with the people who have not been diagnosed with bc but who have particularly dense breasts, and sometimes their cancers aren't seen with just mammogram and ultrasound, I wonder why it isn't routine for doctors to reach into their bag of tricks and have those patients do simple labs like a CA 15-3, or even just the basis liver tests like ALT, AST and alk-phos, to see if those provide the kind of additional information that might result in a closer look, with better diagnosis?
Comments?
A.A.
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Dx 2002 age 51
bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother.
ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3
IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3
Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen
Rads necrosis
BRCA 1 & 2 negative
Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors
Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3
Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day
No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI
NED
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