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 Asked: 8/27/2010 I need help to understand my staging please.
 Asked: 8/24/2010 I had infiltrating ductal carcinoma and my daughter was just diagnose with Intraductal carcinoma estogen receptor NEU negetive (HER-2) what''s the difference
 Asked: 8/17/2010 I had surgery for stage I IDC and the receptors were estrogen 95% positive and progesterone 5% positive.
 Asked: 8/15/2010 I have Invasive ductal Carcinoma stage 1, tumor from 1mm-5mm by stereotactic biopsy, ER+ 89%, PR-, Her2+, grade 2-3 (6 out of 9).
 Asked: 8/10/2010 Thank you so much for the quick response.
 Asked: 8/9/2010 I have had a double mastectomy with tissue expander 7/13.
 Asked: 8/9/2010 what is multiple carcinomas? also what is a category 5? dr.
 Asked: 8/7/2010 hello and thank you for this Q&A section.
 Asked: 8/4/2010 Lillie, I just read your answer saying stage 4 is only when spread to organs.
 Asked: 7/27/2010 Hello,I was recently diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.
 Asked: 7/26/2010 I was diagnosed with multifocal and multicentric ILC Stage 111A.
 Asked: 7/26/2010 I only have one Herceptin treatment left to go.
 Asked: 7/24/2010 I had a breast biopsy late June 2010 was told it was DCIS, I had lumpectomy on 7/15/2010 - pathology came back as an invasive...
 Asked: 7/19/2010 I was diaganosed with metaplastic breast cancer February 2010.
 Asked: 7/18/2010 I was diagnosed a year ago with DCIS stage 0, 3cm age 38 yrs old.
 Asked: 7/18/2010 DCIS and biomarker studies. Are there any brave women that are in clinical trials to determine which cases of DCIS turn into invasive cancer? I am recently diagnosed with DCIS stage 0 and am scheduled for mastectomy because the wide excision margins are not clear and I have small breasts.
 Asked: 7/15/2010 If I have a complete masectomy will I have to have chemotherapy....I had breast cancer 5 yrs ago and had a lumpectomy and had chemo and radiation.
 Asked: 7/14/2010 MY FIRST TUMOR WAS ER+PR+ BUT NOT HER2+, 5 YEARS LATER I HAVE A NEW ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE, SAME TYPE (DUCTAL) CAN THIS...
 Asked: 7/11/2010 Does Tamoxifen work as well with estrogen positive stage 1 lobular cancer as it does with ductal cancer.
 Asked: 7/10/2010 I am a postmenopausal woman with stage 1 lobular cancer with no lymph node involvement.
 Asked: 7/5/2010 Thank you so much for being here.
 Asked: 7/3/2010 ILC,grade 2, T1b,N0,MX, o.6cm, ER/PR+,HER2+(3), 58yo female, very good health.
 Asked: 7/3/2010 I had a lumpectomy of a 1cm tumor ,grade 2,ER AND PR pos HERneg.One node out of 16 is pos only 0.5 cm .K67...
 Asked: 7/3/2010 ILC,grade 2, T1b,N0,MX, o.6cm,ER/PR+,HER2+(3), 58yo female, very good health.
 Asked: 7/2/2010 I am currently stage IV, metastasis to my bone (spine, illiac, femur, ribs).
 Asked: 6/17/2010 I am 51 years old and this year''s mamo showed a cluster of microcalcifications.
 Asked: 6/16/2010 I was diagnosed at age 53 with breast cancer.
 Asked: 6/15/2010 Hello,I had a lumpectomy on March 31st--grade 3, 1cm, clean margins, dcis, comedo, no invasionI had a dbl mast with sentinel node biopsy on June...
 Asked: 6/12/2010 I have stage 1, grade 1, er/pr positive, her2 negative, DCIS and IDC 1.9 cm majority is IDC located at 11:00 o''clock, NO,MO no vascular...
 Asked: 6/7/2010 Are invasive cancers the same as in Situ cancers, just diagnosed at a later point in time? Or are they different types altogether?
 Asked: 6/4/2010 Hi Lillie. Im so sadened to learn that I have a 2nd primary breast cancer.I was first diagnosed in 2007, went through mastectomy,chemo, radiation.
 Asked: 6/3/2010 My mother just received a pathology report that she has metaplastic Spindle Cell carcinoma in her left breast.
 Asked: 6/3/2010 I just had a post treatment pet/ct.
 Asked: 6/2/2010 I am a 47 and have just been told I have Invasive Ductal Carsonoma,Grade three, extensive limphatic 1cm .
 Asked: 5/29/2010 hello...I am 41 years old. diagnosed in oct 09 with adenocarcinoma likely of breast origin, presented in right axilla.
 Asked: 5/28/2010 Hello! Thank you so much for offering this service! It brings so much comfort to read over you answers.
 Asked: 5/27/2010 Last June 2009, I had a red patch of skin at the bottom of my left breast.
 Asked: 5/26/2010 I am stage 4 breast cancer with mets to bone- is there any truth to the value of a low glycemic diet to starve the cancer cells?
 Asked: 5/12/2010 I was dx in 10/09 age 39 BRC1 + IDC stage 1 grade 1 , 1cm,er+ PR+ her2- perivascular invasion (none) onco dx score 12......had...
 Asked: 5/12/2010 In July 2008 I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
 Asked: 5/12/2010 Was diagnosed with triple neg IDC 1.2 cm nodule 5cms below nipple - Stage 1, Grade 3 one year ago.
 Asked: 5/10/2010 I had lobular bc on right side seven years ago.
 Asked: 5/5/2010 What is the latest thinking on progesterone status in breast cancer? I was diagnosed with Stage 1 IDC in 2005, ER+(90%) and PR+(90%).
 Asked: 5/5/2010 Do you know of "Dr. Tullio Simoncini''s cancer therapy - treat cancer with Sodium Bicarbonate"? My friend''s father was diagnosed with gastric cancer metastasis, spread to the liver (a spot) and to the lymph nodes.
 Asked: 4/30/2010 I was diagnosed back in OCT 09 with DCIS(stage 0) in my right breast.Had MRI on both and showed 2 area''s in left breast.We decided...
 Asked: 4/28/2010 Type of cancer - Invasive Lobular CarcinomaTumor size - 2.1cmTumor grade - 2/intermediateHER2 - negativeER - positivePR - positiveMRI - showed 2nd 3mm mass near...
 Asked: 4/28/2010 I was Dx in 2008 with Stage 3A breast cancer, I am now questioning the actual staging of my cancer afte looking at pathology results.
 Asked: 4/25/2010 I recently had a bilateral mx. I''m 48, premenopausal.
 Asked: 4/22/2010 Best friend took hormone replacement for 20 years.
 Asked: 4/18/2010 Dear Lilly,Thank you for being there for all of us.
 Asked: 4/16/2010 My biopsy for IDC 6mm Stage I Grade 2 ER & PR negative /I don''t understand if the treatment is different for due to the...
 Asked: 4/12/2010 I hade a double mastectomy modifed on left radicail on right worst thing i have ever done in my life so life is over as i new it.
 Asked: 4/11/2010 I was diagnosed March 25, 2010 with invasive ductal carcinoma, grade 3, stage IIIA, estrogen receptor + of 80%, HER-2 negative, lymph node positive, Ki67...
 Asked: 4/10/2010 Hi, my pathology report from a core biopsy states:Invasive ductal carsinoma, Nottingham Grade III, involving multiple tissue cores with extensive tumor necrosis
 Asked: 4/10/2010 Hello,I had a lumpectomy for 5mm of DCIS intermediate grade: solid and cribriform.
 Asked: 4/9/2010 Regarding my earlier question about pure mucinous breast cancer you mentioned that the Oncotype DX test isn''t validated for this type of cancer.
 Asked: 4/6/2010 I had 6 tumors in rt breast all under 2.5cm and had in 5 lymph nodes microscopically.
 Asked: 4/1/2010 I am 47yo female, menopause, and diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma.
 Asked: 3/31/2010 what is idc stage 2b breast cancer.
 Asked: 3/29/2010 I am 47 yrs old, recently diagnosed with DCIS in right breast.
 Asked: 3/25/2010 Thank you for reply my question so fast.
 Asked: 3/25/2010 I had breast cancer for both sides in 2007.
 Asked: 3/25/2010 I was dx 3/2/10(my 40th birthday) with stage IV breast cancer.It showed up in the second week of Jan.
 Asked: 3/25/2010 I was diagnosed with invasive lobular cancer May 08.
 Asked: 3/25/2010 I am a 53 year old with stage 1 bc, ER+ PR+ HER- tumor 1.3cm grade 2 no node involment, onco score 24, 6 rounds of cmf and now on tomoxifen.
 Asked: 3/23/2010 I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma 6/16/09.
 Asked: 3/22/2010 I was diagnoised 2/2008 with adenocarcinoma, IDC Stage IIb grade III, 2 poorly diff.
 Asked: 3/22/2010 Apologies I wrote my question but forgot to add my email address.In August 2009 I was diagnosed with IDC breast cancer 1.7 cm tumour with...
 Asked: 3/20/2010 I apologize for forgetting to mention in my previous email regarding the pure mucinous breast cancer that two sentinal nodes were negative..
 Asked: 3/20/2010 Thank you for taking my question. I was diagnosed last month with pure mucinous breast cancer 1.8 cm Stage 1 Grade 1.
 Asked: 3/20/2010 Is there any evidence that a PARP exists which helps ER +, PR-, HER- stage IV breast cancer? Is so, where can I find it?
 Asked: 3/17/2010 Dignosied with stage 1 grade 3 IDC.
 Asked: 3/17/2010 I was diagnosed at 38 years old with locally advanced breast cancer.
 Asked: 3/15/2010 I am a 42 year old and last 3 months I am having too much pain in my both breast spacilly Right one.I also noticed...
 Asked: 3/14/2010 Again thank you for answering question along my journey.
 Asked: 3/12/2010 HELLO ST 1 NO NODES 1.8CM LUMPECTOMY CHEMO T/CX4(0NCO21)RADS TAMOXIFEN FOR 1 MONTH NOW.
 Asked: 3/9/2010 tnbc grade 2, idc and idcs. stage 1 0.7mm.
 Asked: 3/9/2010 I have been treated for infiltrating ductile cancer in my left breast- mastectomy, expanders, chemo,radiation, implants.
 Asked: 3/8/2010 Hi I have stage 1 breast cancer.The tumor was 1cm.Er and pr positive.I had a lumptectomy.lyhmpnodes only had 4 cancer cells was told nodes are...
 Asked: 3/7/2010 Hello, I was diagnosed recently with BC.
 Asked: 3/6/2010 SORRY I MEANT TO TELL U I AM STAGE 1 GRADE THANKU I HADMADE A MISTAKE I TOLD U I WAS THE OPPOSITE IT WAS...
 Asked: 3/6/2010 sorry i forgot to ask u stage 1 grade2 is it aggressive cancer like i wrote to u i had 1.4 cent did not go...
 Asked: 3/6/2010 HELLI I AM GRADE 1 STAGE 2 WHAT DOES IT MEAN I HAD SURGERY ON SEP 21 WENT FOR MY FIRST CKED UP TO MY...
 Asked: 3/6/2010 I can''t thank you enough for answering questions during my journey.
 Asked: 3/4/2010 Hello. I read that the risk of recurrence is greatest during the first two years after completion of treatment.
 Asked: 3/3/2010 I''m 46 & had a lump removed that was thought to be benign by 2 doctors I saw.
 Asked: 3/1/2010 Hi. Again.
 Asked: 3/1/2010 RISK OF RECOURRENCE I AM STAGE 1 FINISHED MY RADIATION DID NOT GO THRU LYMPHNODES AND I AM TAKING TAMOXIN ITS ONLY 6 MONTHS THAT...
 Asked: 3/1/2010 Lillie, not sure where to post this question.
 Asked: 3/1/2010 I am a 62 yr. old woman who had ductile, 2.2 cm, cancer in my right breast 19 yrs.
 Asked: 2/28/2010 what happen if the woman have a breast cancer stage 3b, if she not continue her radiation? but she had taken with her kimmo! .
 Asked: 3/1/2010 i am stage 1 its 5months i got surgery lymponwhater is called and 2 days ago had my first ultrasond everything ok my surgeon siad...
 Asked: 2/26/2010 I am 51, pre-menopausal and had breast conserving surgery on right breast on 21.12.09 for IDC, pT2 pN0(0/1sn) G2 L0 V0 ER+++PR+++HER2- (IHC2+, FISH negative)
 Asked: 2/25/2010 I was recently diagnosed with DCIS in my left breast after a core biopsy of a papable mass which was first thought to be a complex cyst.
 Asked: 1/23/2010 I was recently dx with DCIS low grade, multi focal, area 1.6 cm, same quadrant.
 Asked: 12/20/2009 No question - just thanking you for every thing you do for us breast cancer folk and to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas.
 Asked: 12/6/2009 My wife has what they said was breast cancer between stage 3 and 4 how long does this take to get to this stage?3 years...
 Asked: 12/5/2009 Hi Lillie and JHBCC staff..thanks for your precious time and great service.
 Asked: 11/21/2009 My mother in law has breast cancer which has gone to the groin, neck and ovaries.
 Asked: 11/15/2009 Hi, I m female 54 years old, i have DCIS grade 1 infilterating carcinoma, all nodes are negative for malignanacy , please tell me the...
 
 
 
 
 

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