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High Risk 3 immediate famlly members with breast cancer 2. Very dense breast tissue,pain, burning and dishcharge from one breast. Do you have a list of questions I should ask?

hi, i have been diagnosed with clinical stage 1 breast cancer idc, grade 2, I do not know anymore yet, just tested wenesday..at St. marys, I am so nervous, because I am out of element, and feel afraid something will be missed, I am a RN<BSN< working on my masters degree, and I am a perfectionist looking for DR, Dynamic...does/he she exsist If I needed to find an OB that I could do......help, waiting, I am 47, but look younger and I am not near menapause, kids are 11.,13,and 17....

I asked the same question recently of my surgeon. My lump was 2cm when removed. The rule of thumb is that a tumour doubles in size in a year. So my tumor started 2 years ago. This is the guideline the medical profession are told.

I do recommend you try to get to a breast surgeon and not take the first general surgeon that you may be referred to. The surgeon makes such a huge difference. I loved my surgeon as well, and he moved across the country about a week after he operated on me. I also loved my oncologist and he feel off a mountain to his death about two months after I finished chemo.

The waiting is tough enough - will the surgeon also make me wait longer for an ultrasound/mamogram? Any suggested questions I should ask the surgeon? Any advice on making the waiting easier? I feel like this is weighing so heavily on me that it is effecting my work and my home life! I guess - all in all, I really just need some comforting words.

Hi frnds, A majority of breast cancer patients have surgery to remove the cancerous tissue. Depending on the nature and extent of the cancer, surgery can involve either, removing a tumor or lump (lumpectomy), a portion of the breast (partial mastectomy), the complete breast and the lining over the chest muscles (modified radical mastectomy), or the complete breast and underlying chest muscles (radical mastectomy).

im 36 and just been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. i havent been into surgery yet. can anyone give me any info on how serious it is and what are my chances of survival.

My mother has breast cancer stage 4.She had a masectomy on her right breast,and now she has chronic pain there.We have went to several doctors and now she is being treating at a pain clinic.They have her on fentanyl patch's 75 mg.They don't help.She has took vicadine,morphine,lorocet,and who knows what else.The pills eased the pain for awhile,but either she became immuned or the pain has gotten worse.

It's not only helpful for your desicion making, but can help tell all the other females in the family thier risk of acquiring heridity breast cancer. If your positive and they get the test, then thier insurance will cover a bilateral masectomy with reconstruction using thier own belly fat. Being post menalpausal and post menopausal are good factors on your side, so is bring a II. Feel free to ask whatever you want.

I know it can be discomforting to have to wait for a followup, and you most certainly can request to be seen now by a breast surgeon/specialist if only to help ease some of that anxiety and to go over the options in a considered manner. As for your friend: I can explain about this condition and have placed some notes below Apocrine metaplasia is a 'non-proliferative' breast lesion, and is usually associated with breast fibrocystic disease.

//www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4X_Treatment_by_Stage_Breast_Cancer_5.asp?rnav=cri This will give you a good view of treatment options, which of course have been developed from the whole body of clincal research regarding which txs are most effective, but does not specifically include the survival rates you are looking for. To put the phrase you quoted, "These and other statistics are helpful when used generally to make recommendations and decisions regarding treatment.

what are some questions she should be sure to ask? i'm extremely worried for her since her mother, grandmother, and 3 aunts have all died of breast cancer. i'd welcome any advice.

Can you give me some idea on some questions I need to ask. I am reading much and learning on the internet and all this is very overwhelming to sort out. I have heard that post menopausal women chemo is only effective in 3 out of 100 and that once chemo is used it would not be affective should cancer pop up at a later date. I don't know if this is true or a myth. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Also, my paternal grandmother had ovarian cancer...

24-29 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Cochrane Review Background Bone is the most common site of metastatic disease associated with breast cancer (BC). Bisphosphonates inhibit osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. Objectives To assess the effect of Bisphosphonates on skeletal events (SEs), bone pain, quality of life (QOL) and survival in women with early (E) and advanced breast cancer (ABC).

It is because i had a baby before this started happening and the doctors always thought it was normal because i did not breast feed.He thought is was milk ducts drying up.I asked him mant times and he keep saying it was normal until recently that is when he said that it is bad and started to worry.

She is seeing the surgeon next week, and this being so new to us, was wondering what types of questions to ask? She has been through so much in the past. She had brain surgery for an anyeurism and then a stroke afterwards. She is in good spirits, but we want to come up with questions we should ask during our visit. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I sense hesitation, if you have questions, ask. If the answer is not what you'd like go elsewhere. Do not sit on cancer or its possibility of starting. If a Dr. is recommending this because there is something in cyst behavior that is abnormal explore that. Be careful and persistent with cancer. It does not play fair. That said, blessings to you and let us know how things go.

He has told me that I should cancel my breast reduction operation but also said that when he takes the cluster away he could maybe reduce my breasts at the same time. My Plastic Surgeon tells me that he is trained in removing all forms of breast cancer and has already done full mastectomies with lymph glands. My question is, if I am going to have to have surgery anyway, which doctor should I chose?

Is it a clear cysts (not cancer) or a solid lump (could be cancer). You might also ask if this spot is pre-cancerous? Could it turn into cancer? Do you need other tests, PET scan is a good but expensive tests that shows hot spots (cancer or infections) that might also help in understanding your body. Be prepared with questions and talk with both groups that you seen. Good luck.

I sure this is a frightening time for you, the waiting is tough. It looks like you got more than a peek at that radiologist report, or you have incredible photographic memory :) It sounds like you are on the right path by having the core needle biopsy. I know I appreciated that the core biopsy was definitive in identifying the make-up of my lump. I had my results back in a few days. Do you already have an appointment to get the results?

If you have not met with an oncologist, this will be helpful in clarifying these issues for you. Write down your questions so you make sure you ask them all.

Dear LALA: If a density has been found on mammogram, the first thing that should be done, if not done already, is to do more images by mammography to make sure the breast tissue has not folded over onto itself. Assuming this has been done, the next step would be to see a surgeon (preferably someone who specializes in breast surgery). The surgeon might recommend a biopsy. There is a moderate incidence of false positives on mammograms but it is important to have this investigated nonetheless.

dimpling can be caused by several things; it is not at a sure sign of cancer, but it is definitely of concern and needs evaluation. Step one would be to see your doctor, and likely a referral to a breast surgeon. Mammogram would be the first step in imaging; I'd think MRI would neither be the first step, nor likely end up being needed to get to the bottom of it.

I have a question regarding MRI. I found a lump on my right breast and had a mammogram followed by an ultrasound both of which did not show anything abnormal. My doctor recommended seeing the surgeon. The surgeon said he did not find any thing wrong. Said he would normally recommend a needle biopsy, but because of the condition of my dense breast knows that he would get a negative result and the only way to know for sure that no cancer is present was to do surgery.

I was told that it was pre cancerous, that I needed a surgical excisional biopsy, and that there was a 20% chance my diagnosis would change to cancer. It took awhile to get in to see the surgeon. She was highly recommended and even the nurses before the surgery were talking about her expertise. I had the wire guided surgical biopsy on February 4. On the 9th the surgeon's office called to let me know that the results were negative. On the 11th I went for my follow up office visit.

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