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| Asked: 9/18/2005
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How does someone get their case to be presented to the tumor board? |
| Asked: 9/17/2005
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I had a lumpectomy on 9/7/05. The lump was positive for malignancy so the surgeon removed my sentinel node. |
| Asked: 9/17/2005
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I have had breast surgery to remove a tumor just under 5 centimeters and I had a drain. |
| Asked: 9/16/2005
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I hope you can help. I am so confused concerning my options. |
| Asked: 9/16/2005
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I had fluid buildup after a lumpectomy. |
| Asked: 9/12/2005
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I have IDC 1.1cm, no nodes, clear margins on lumpectomy. |
| Asked: 9/10/2005
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I have had a pain in my left arm pit for at least 9 mos. |
| Asked: 9/8/2005
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My wife is 57 yr old diagnosed bc She has had lumpectomy,tumor removed with clear margins,18 lymph nodes removed with 3 showing cancer cells.She has... |
| Asked: 9/7/2005
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Will massaging the scar that I have from my lumpectomy reduce the scar tissue build up and make it less hard? |
| Asked: 9/7/2005
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I ave two questions: 1. Is sentinel node biopsy recommened if you have grade 3 tumor ? In other words does grade 3 tumor require complete removal of axilla? 2. |
| Asked: 9/5/2005
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Had a Lumpectomy w/SNB (clear) Right side ~ margins not clear and DX-Invasive DC & Extensive DCIS, on 8/25/05 and my breast is still somewhat... |
| Asked: 9/4/2005
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I was diagnosed with DCIS and had a lumpectomy with sentinel node biopsy and axillary node dissection just over 48 hours ago. |
| Asked: 9/4/2005
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I had a lumpectomy in May/05. The tumor was 1.7 cm and 1 out of 2 sentinnel nodes had a small metastatic carcinoma measuring 1.5 mm. |
| Asked: 8/30/2005
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Can you do a sentinel node biopsy on a patient who has had TWO breast reductions? Are the lymphatic pathways disrupted?? |
| Asked: 8/28/2005
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is there a link between breast cancer and yeast infections? . |
| Asked: 8/28/2005
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My sister just called and a lump she had last year has doubled in size (.9 I think at this time) and she said she''s going in to have it removed. |
| Asked: 8/24/2005
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Hi How do youknow if you have vascular invasion? thanks. |
| Asked: 8/22/2005
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Hello, I have an intraductal papilloma (they are assuming benign until after biopsy) which I need to have surgically removed. |
| Asked: 8/18/2005
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I was diagnosed with IDC in June 05,after removal of a breast lunp not thought to be cancer before surgery. |
| Asked: 8/16/2005
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Hi I am 49 and had a lumpectomy on 8/11. |
| Asked: 8/15/2005
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Couple Questions: 1. I am scheduled to go to the hospital lab at 2:30PM on a Wednesday for injecting the dye (for sentinel node biopsy) and a scan of some sorts on Thursday morning at 8:30AM and my surgery (Lumpectomy or possible Mastectomy if necessary) is scheduled for noon time on Thursday. |
| Asked: 8/14/2005
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I''m had a 1.3 cm CA in the right breast that was taken out four weeks ago. |
| Asked: 8/10/2005
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On the 18th had a lumpectomy and axillary dissection performed. |
| Asked: 8/9/2005
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I have been diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma. |
| Asked: 8/8/2005
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I have had a sterotactic biopsy for a calcification in my right breast. |
| Asked: 8/8/2005
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I would like to know why some hospitals inject the radioactive isotopes needed to locate the sentinel nodes, as little as 2 hours prior to... |
| Asked: 8/8/2005
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Two weeks ago had a lumpectomy with clear margins and sentinal node negative. |
| Asked: 8/8/2005
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I have been diagnosed with DCIS. Pathology report reads high-grade DCIS, solid and comedo types, and microcalcifications. |
| Asked: 8/5/2005
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I''m 47 yrs old pre-menopausal. Just had lumpectomy w/snb. |
| Asked: 8/4/2005
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Two weeks ago I had a lumpectomy and sentinal node biopsy which was negative and clear margins. |
| Asked: 8/2/2005
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follow up question to #1 on 8/01/05 (48y.o. |
| Asked: 8/1/2005
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my 48y.o. wife just got the results of her lumpectomy/sentinel node biopsy. |
| Asked: 7/29/2005
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I had a lumpectomy of a 2.5cm cancer. |
| Asked: 7/29/2005
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i have asked this site questions a couple of times and i appreciate the quick responses. |
| Asked: 7/27/2005
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I recently had a lumpectomy(6/30/05) that found a 1.1cm malignant tumor labled as IDC. |
| Asked: 7/26/2005
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I am a 35 year old, with a history of breast cancer in my family(fathers side - his sister & aunts). |
| Asked: 7/26/2005
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I had a lumpectomy, please can you tell me what is meant by clear margins? my cancer was grade 3 invasive size 1.6cm thanks. |
| Asked: 7/24/2005
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I am 39, have stage, 3 grade 3 breast cancer. |
| Asked: 7/24/2005
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I am not sure which title to post this on but I was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma in March. |
| Asked: 7/24/2005
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I was diagnosed a week ago with Stage II infiltrating carcinoma and carcinoma in-situ based on an excised biopsy in my right breast. |
| Asked: 7/21/2005
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I have been given a tentative diagnosis of DCIS based on pathology results of needle core biopsy of the left breast at two sites separated... |
| Asked: 7/21/2005
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Hi, I recently read the following: In addition, sentinel node dissection may not be suitable for: women over the age of 50, whose lymphatic flow... |
| Asked: 7/8/2005
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I have developed a chronic seroma which has been drained 5 times in the last 4 weeks. |
| Asked: 7/8/2005
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I had lumpectomy, and 18 nodes removed these were all negative, how many nodes do you have? and do cancer nodes look different? thanks. |
| Asked: 7/6/2005
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When tracking the sentinal nodes, when are the isotope injections given? The long pre op scans in nuclear medicine are to track the radioactive material,... |
| Asked: 7/5/2005
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I am 51 and was diagnosed with breast cancer on 6/20/05 after a ultrasound biopsy. |
| Asked: 7/4/2005
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Hi, my mom was diagnosed with IDC on 7/1 at a well-recognized cancer center. |
| Asked: 6/28/2005
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My sister just called and said that she is having a lumpdectomy to remove a fibroadenoma. |
| Asked: 6/26/2005
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46, healthy, no history, heavy periods, anemic. |
| Asked: 6/26/2005
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When and how in the implant of a lympth drain indicated during this operation? Or prehaps how is it ruled not needed? |
| Asked: 6/22/2005
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Hello. I had a lumpectomy in 7/04. |
| Asked: 6/22/2005
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I had a lumpectomy last week, follow up with the surgeon is later this week. |
| Asked: 6/21/2005
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I was originally diagnosed with DCIS from a routine mammogram at age 41. |
| Asked: 6/19/2005
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I have been diagnosed with DCIS, comedo type, high grade, microcalcifications in two clusters within a 5cm area. |
| Asked: 6/19/2005
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma. I found only three questions with this information, one of which was mine from a day or two ago. |
| Asked: 6/17/2005
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45 years old, had breasts lifted at 36 ys, had liposuction of axilla folds at 40. |
| Asked: 6/16/2005
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On Monday 6/13 I had a lumpectomy to remove a 1.4cm lump right under the areola, and at the same time a SNB. |
| Asked: 6/15/2005
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On June 2 I submitted a question (#33) regarding whether a sentinel node biopsy would be necessary in my case. |
| Asked: 6/15/2005
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I am a 56 yr. old female with a hx. |
| Asked: 6/12/2005
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I am 38 years old and had a lumpectomy on the left breast, no lymph node involvement, and I am now going through chemo. |
| Asked: 6/12/2005
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MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS 14, CANCER ALL OVER HER BODY. |
| Asked: 6/12/2005
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I had lumpectomy and node sampling which showed 3 out of 4 nodes positive. |
| Asked: 6/9/2005
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I am 41, and was dx with b/c on 5/16. |
| Asked: 6/1/2005
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I am 28 years old and recently had a swollen lymph node removed from my breast. |
| Asked: 5/31/2005
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What is the the meaning of microscopic lympnh nodes. |
| Asked: 5/30/2005
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what are all the disadvantages of SNB at time of dcis lumpectomy? |
| Asked: 5/27/2005
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The surgeon wants to take a sentinel node at the time of my DCIS lumpectomy, and not afterwards since he feels the yield afterwards is... |
| Asked: 5/27/2005
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Is there any research anywhere that suggests that SNB might have a small risk of causing an otherwise latent cancer to spread? (like by directing... |
| Asked: 5/26/2005
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Is there a difference in effectiveness between using blue dye or radioactive isotope for a SNB? Also, is it true that MRI may falsely exaggerate... |
| Asked: 5/25/2005
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I''m 38 with invasive ductile, er-neg, grade 3, 2.3cm, her 2 nue neg. |
| Asked: 5/24/2005
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Thank you so much for your help! May I ask a follow-up question? Based on some things I''ve been reading, there seems to be an... |
| Asked: 5/24/2005
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My mother, 67, was recently diagnosed with DCIS based on a core needle biopsy. |
| Asked: 5/19/2005
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I am 54, diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Cancer, high grade on May 5th. |
| Asked: 5/19/2005
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Hi. |
| Asked: 5/19/2005
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Hello. Thank you very much for all of your help over the last few weeks, you are so informative! I have a few more questions. |
| Asked: 5/18/2005
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i had lumpectomy and sentinel biopsy on 3/23/05 for tubular carcinoma of 1.2 cm. |
| Asked: 5/9/2005
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Hello-I am 35 and in great health. |
| Asked: 5/9/2005
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I hade a lumpectomy and sentinal node biopsy for a 12mm tunour. |
| Asked: 5/8/2005
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60 year old path report 2.1 cm invasive and focal insitu ductal carcinoma. |
| Asked: 5/3/2005
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I had a lumpectomy with 4 nodes removed and then radiation. |
| Asked: 4/28/2005
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I am 64, dx 2/05 w/invasive ductal in left breast. |
| Asked: 4/25/2005
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My mother (58 years old) was diagnosed with Stage I inflitrating ductal carcinoma (0.7 cm) in January. |
| Asked: 01/31/2005
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I had a lumpectomy immediately after my diagnosis upon the recommendation of my surgeon. |
| Asked: 02/14/2005
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I was recently dx with IDC (2 cm) and am scheduled for a lumpectomy and SNB on 2/18. |
| Asked: 04/17/2005
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I had a lumpctomy six months ago for a 1.2 mm tumour I had radiation 21/2 months after surger. |
| Asked: 02/03/2005
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I am 47yo and dx with IDC-0.5cm-T1N0-unifocal-margins neg. |
| Asked: 04/15/2005
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I am 46 years old and about 6 months ago I had a lumpectomy and my surgeon removed 3 lymph nodes 1 1/2 of which had cancer cells. |
| Asked: 03/09/2005
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I had a lumpectomy with sentinel node biopsy in December 2004? The sentinel node was negative. |
| Asked: 03/11/2005
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I am a 43 year old female, whose first pregnancy was at age 41. |
| Asked: 12/29/2004
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I am 63 had a lumpectomy with sentinel node biopsy (10/29/04). |
| Asked: 01/06/2005
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What does this mean on the pathology report? two lymph nodes with rare atypical cells, and favor reactive? Thank you.. |
| Asked: 01/28/2005
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Are invasive & intrusive breast carcinoma the same thing? If not, the difference? |
| Asked: 03/11/2005
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I had Stage 1 cancer in te left breast.I had two lymph nodes removed but were negative.I cant receive hormone theraphy because the receptors are... |
| Asked: 04/05/2005
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I am 46 had a lumpectomy with sentinel node biopsy (3/24/05. |
| Asked: 12/30/2004
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I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Grade 3 invasive ductal breast cancer January 2004. |
| Asked: 12/21/2004
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I''m 25 and getting a mastectomy really soon - cancer was detected on a lymph node when the fine needle biopsy was done. |
| Asked: 04/19/2005
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Hi! I am the 44 year old who wrote on the 17th. |
| Asked: 02/04/2005
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I''m confused. I have DSIC in the lower inner quadrant of my smaller left breast (Left C cup vs right D cup)and excision and radiation have been recommended. |
| Asked: 01/16/2005
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Ihave finished 5 years of tamoxifen. I have been prescribed Femara and Fosamax because Femara is hard on bones and I already have ostepenia. |
| Asked: 01/12/2005
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My Mother has just been dignosed with breast cancer. |
