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Topic: More than one grade/type in Lump?

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Joined: May 2008
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  • Posted on: May 15, 2008 08:39 pm
hotsyta wrote:

Has anyone been told they have more than one type of cancer or perhaps more than one grade in the lump?

I had an "excellent" mammo last year and now have 3 lesions in the left and 1 lesion in the right. My BS only biopsied one lump and it is grade one, very slow growing, but I have so many masses....I don't get it. She said maybe there might be more than one type. I am 32 years old, but my breast tissue is not dense, so if the cancer was there, it should have been seen--yeah?

Ta


Dx 4/23/2008, IDC, 3cm, Grade 1, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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LisaDiva
Joined: May 2008
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May 15, 2008 10:13 pm LisaDiva wrote:

I had grade II and III IDC, DCIS, and LCIS all in one tumor in left breast and nothing showing in the right.  After a bilateral mastectomy, they also found DCIS and LCIS in the right breast!  So I was glad to get them off!

wishiwere
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1342
May 15, 2008 10:40 pm wishiwere wrote:

Yep, IDC/DCIS in one lump at 12 o'clock and the 2nd one was ILC/LCIS at under the nipple area, but against the chest.  Both were ER/PR pos and Her2 neg.  It's multicentric and multi something else?  Hard to find info on it. 

For treatment, they go by the largest lump (I think considering that it's been growing the longest).

wishiwere
Dx 9/21/2007, ILC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 2, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
hotsyta
Joined: May 2008
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May 16, 2008 10:13 am hotsyta wrote:

Wo that just adds a whole new level of confusion to the mix don't it? Did you have chemo or rads? My BS estimated the the lump that was biopsied (sp?) to be 3cm. It seems big to me.

Ta


Dx 4/23/2008, IDC, 3cm, Grade 1, ER+/PR+, HER2-
formygirls
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 211
May 16, 2008 11:50 am formygirls wrote:

I have multiple lumps with DCIS and IDC. I do not know how big yet--estimates range from 7cm to 10cm. My IDC is triple negative and my DCIS is strongly ER+. I am being treated as triple negative and will not be allowed hormonal theraphy.


Dx 2/22/2008, IDC, 6cm+, Stage IIIb, Grade 3, ER-/PR-, HER2-
flash
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 91
May 18, 2008 01:59 am flash wrote:

You can have more than one type of bc. They are not always the same grade or type. Staging is done by the largest lump.  multifocal means more than one tumor site, multicentric means more than one quadrant.

good luck.


Dx 10/10/2007, Paget's, , Stage , Grade 3, / nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+
Isabella4
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 1507
May 18, 2008 12:29 pm Isabella4 wrote:

Hi Ta,

I had IDC and DCIS all in one tumor, 1.7cm in total.....something I could have done without !!!

Isabella.


Dx 5/14/2003, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 1, 0/26 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-

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