Just Diagnosed
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Newly diagnosed - waiting for MRI and appt w/ surgeon
Hi all, I'm a 33 year old mom of 4 who was just diagnosed with IDC. I had a mammogram for a lump I found back in December and they also found several groups of pleomorphic micro-calcifications. I was sent for biopsies, one for the lump and one for the calcifications and both came back as cancer. The information has been a…
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Does anyone use Signatera?
Someone in my Paxman Facebook group mentioned Signatera to monitor for possible recurrence in early breast cancer. Does anyone use this blood test? Is it effective? Or another liquid biopsy test?
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What determines the cancer staging?
I’m curious. What determines your cancer staging? Is it the initial breast biopsy pathology? The clinical pathology - oncologist’s assessment? Or the pathology after surgery?
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Lymphovascular Invasion Present and Perplexing Pathology Report
Hi All, I am new here, and have spent the last seven hours crying. I received the pathology results today, and as you may have guessed, it's not good. Not good, confusing, scary, and I have discovered Google is not my friend tonight. My pathology diagnoses results were: -Foci of ductal carcinoma in situ, intermediate…