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| 3/29/2012 | I had an area of calcs biopsied 4 years ago, cores were ALH and excised tissue was ALH with a positive margins, more calcs developed and at this site and a preliminary diagnosis on cores was LCIS 3/2012, Vanderbilt just gave a second opinion -only ALH, no LCIS seen. Do I have to have this excised. Maybe nothing more to do if there was ALH there and the biopsy still shows only ALH. The calcs have never been a tight cluster and some still remain. Is this a concordant biopsy? Yes, I started Tamoxifen, my Mom and mat aunt had breast cancer after age 50. My Mom BRCA tested negative. I had an MRI 4 years ago that showed no abnormalities.My next MRI is today although I wish I'd had it pre biopsy. | ||
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| 3/29/2012 | this is a gray area when it comes to ALH and whether more tissue is really needed or not. keep in mind that you were already confirmed with ALH before and now are on preventative drugs. see a high risk specialist before making the decision to do more surgery again. | ||
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