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A: her pathology is unusual enough (and yes there is a question of whether this is ductal or lobular) that you might want to consider sending the pathology slides to another institution for a second reading to unravel the mystery. a place like ours or Vanderbilt where there are pathologists who specialize in breast cancer. one of the questions is whether the invasive component ''skips''--- invasive, then dcis, then invasive or not. hopefully off HRT now. hormonal therapy will be part of the game plan more than likely. you might find information you are seeking at www.cancerfacts.com...
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A: stereotactic biopsy uses a large guage needle guided by a computer and mammogram to sample tiny calcifications. no incision. no scar. done in breast imaging. dcis is noninvasive breast cancer. stage 0 disease. ductal carcinoma insitu....
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A: Ductal Carcinoma, maybe some type of breast cancer.
Also is Defense Criminal Investigative Service. It''s like NCis except for the Army....
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A: The good news is that it is stage 0 breast cancer. we don''t know what % of patients with DCis progress to invasive disease. But this isn''t the time to play russian roulet and hope that you aren''t among those whose disease progresses. so lumpectomy and radiation are commonly what are recommended. Additionall DCis CAN and should be tested for hormone receptivity. so if the pathology dept isn''t accustomed to doing it then take your slides to another pathology location where they do. that is...
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A: her pathology is unusual enough (and yes there is a question of whether this is ductal or lobular) that you might want to consider sending the pathology slides to another institution for a second reading to unravel the mystery. a place like ours or Vanderbilt where there are pathologists who specialize in breast cancer. one of the questions is whether the invasive component ''skips''--- invasive, then dcis, then invasive or not. hopefully off HRT now. hormonal therapy will be part of the game plan more than likely. you might find information you are seeking at www.cancerfacts.com...
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A: stereotactic biopsy uses a large guage needle guided by a computer and mammogram to sample tiny calcifications. no incision. no scar. done in breast imaging. dcis is noninvasive breast cancer. stage 0 disease. ductal carcinoma insitu....
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A: tamoxifen doesn''t kill cancer cells, dcis or otherwise. it is designed to help prevent breast cancer cells from growing. this is applicable for cells that are stimulated to grow by estrogen....
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A: sentinel node biopsy would be the standard of care....
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A: ductal carcinoma insitu-- noninvasive breast cancer. stage 0 breast cancer....
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A: what is being described sounds like multicentric disease or extensive DCis which is occupying more than one quadrant of the breast making lumpectomy not the recommended choice since so much breast tissue would need to be removed. Extensive DCis can have small amounts if invasive disease buried in it somewhere so physicians sometimes mention this issue. sentinel node biopsy with mastectomy in such a case is commonly done too just in case any invasion is found by pathology. Pathology can tell in...
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