A safe place to discuss benign (non-cancerous) breast conditions.
Hormonal Therapy recommended for LCIS and ADH by an oncologist. Medicine they are asking me to take is Anastrozole and I am looking for feedback from the community on the side effects experienced from this drug. It is not actually FDA approved for this prophylactic treatment of post menopausal women and these types of pre…
Hi, all- Just a brief history: I am a 50 year old post-menopausal woman with dense breasts and a family history of BC. In 2020, my annual mammogram revealed a small cluster of calcifications in my right breast, after which time I underwent a stereotactic needle biopsy. The results were benign showing columnar cell changes…
Hello everyone! I am mostly looking to hear of similar stories and to get advice for monitoring strategies. A brief background of my history: Don't have much breast cancer family history, besides my grandmother who got diagnosed when she was around late 70s. I found a lump in my breast when I was 14, further testing with…
My 24 year old daughter noticed a lump in her armpit last year and I dragged her to get an ultrasound, given my BC history. During the ultrasound, they discovered a mass in her left breast as well as the cyst and decided to do biopsies of both. The axillary mass came back as "undefined" with evidence of foamy macrophages…
Last 2 nights my hands found a lump in my left breast. It's large, smooth, but firm and doesn't seem to move. It's doesn't hurt much. Like all the others, I panicked. I am 4 months postpartum, with a history of cystic breast bilateral. I recall to have a 1.5cm cysts on the same side I felt the lump. But I didn't think much…
Can fibrocystic breast be misdiagnosed? Below are my results from my MRI and biopsy, when I research fibrocystic changes, I can't find anything related to birads 4b, plateau enhancement, etc but I do find cancer being misdiagnosed as fibrocystic changes. In the last few months, I have been misdiagnosed due to radiologists…
Hi - My daughter had a radial scar removed at age 39. She is currently 43. We tried to do a risk assessment on her using Tyrer Cusick calculator, but radial scar isn't on the calculator. How do you determine risk if radial scar is not one of the questions on the calculator?. Are there risk assessment calculators that…
Can all oddities in breasts be explained? I was told I had something that didn’t look good, but the doctor didn’t think it was cancer. It was a 12 mm nodule with irregularities. He said it could be an infection or scar tissue. Shouldn’t I find out? Thanks
So I had my lumpectomy 2/27 for a radical scar that was found during my biopsy and it all went well. My pathology came in and I haven’t had it discussed with my dr yet this is what the results follow: Radical scar with sclerosing adenosis with focal atypical ductal hyperplasia p63 immuno stain is positive anyone know what…
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