Mucinous BC

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Hi All,

I was diagnosed with invasive mucinous bc at the end of April, and I was wondering if anyone else on here has had it? I had been for my first ever mammogram and they picked it up then. I feel extraordinarily lucky, as I couldn’t feel anything, and neither could the doctor who examined me on the recall appointment. I gather mucinous carcinomas are pretty squishy, like jelly and it’s very hard to feel them unless they’re pretty big, which mine wasn’t, fortunately. I had a wire guided WLE three weeks ago with SNB, and when the results came back my nodes were clear and they got a clear margin. Huge relief. I saw the oncologist on Thursday and am now waiting for the start of my rads. Then tamoxifen for five years followed by letrozole.

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Hi Tiggsy

I too was diagnosed with invasive mucinous BC at the beggining of May 2010.My lump was quite big when it was removed 30mm but had clear margins and nodes were clear which was great news.I decided to pay for the Oncotype DX test availble in california which helped me and my oncologist decide not to have chemo as the reoccurance probability was low.I finished radiotherapy end of July and am now on Tamoxifen.I hope your rads went well.

Take care

Liz