Hi I am 50 years old and was recently recalled after my routine mammogram, they said they wanted to do a biopsy as they had found calcifications in my right breast, after a week of waiting the results came back classed as B4 highly likely to be malignant, they have done another bigger biopsy and placed a titanium cross in my breast I was told it I would need surgery and radiotherapy.
there is no BC in the family
The ultra sound was clear
Has anyone been in a similar situation and what was the outcome ?
thank you
Hi Annie, welcome to the forum although sorry you had to pay a visit and it is a very scary time for you. Firstly i would say there are many here who have been in your position and had straight forward outcomes and those who turned out to be a bit more complicated.
I fall into the bit more complicated (always that bit more special lol). I am 48 and had a mammogram under a trial where they extended the age range either side of the routine programme. I was recalled due to some calcification in my breast and after a number of biopsies was dignosed with dcis a pre invasive cancer and an invasive cancer (scary times) begining of February, I have since had surgery and waiting for further treatment plan.
It is very hard at this time as your waiting for further results so don’t have the complete picture and therefore thoughts run riot and is scary. I hope I haven’t frightened you more thst wasnt my intention because what I would say to you is that if there is a cancer it has been caught early, that is good. That is the one thing I am truly thankful for as I didn’t have a lump just pesky flecks on the mammogram.
Hi Annie,yes my diagnosis was similar ,51 recalled after mammogram ,couldn’t see anything on ultrasound ,core biopsy showed cancer.I had lumpectomy and then 15 sessions of radiotherapy ,I am now on Tamo often for 10 years to prevent reoccurrence .Touch wood I am now fine(diagnosed last June).Your treatment and outcome does depends on a lot of individual factors like Helly said-size of tumour,grade of tumour ,whether the tumour is hormone receptive,Her2 positive,and whether there is any evidence that it has spread to your lymph nodes .They piece this information together from a number of tests and only have a completely clear picture of what happens next a couple of weeks after your op.Cancers detected by mammogram are often quite early stage so hopefully you will have a positive outcome like me.Good luck.Jill.
Hello Annie how are you doing? I had exactly the same as you , lump found during routine mammogram, nothing found on ultrasound so had a biopsy and that’s when it was found that I had a small tumour. I had a lumpectomy in January and am have almost finished my 15 sessions of radiotherapy (yay!) have also been prescribed tamoxifen. It’s been a bit of a scary time, unfortunately I lost my sister to breast cancer and my mum to ovarian so I was terrified initially. I found logging on here helped so much in easing my worries, so much good advice from lovely people! Just try not to worry, easier said than done I know but just take each stage as it comes, it been found and can be treated. All the best xxx