INFILATRATING DUCTABLE CANCER

The stage of the cancer will most likely be determined after surgery.   Her breast surgeon will present her with the surgery options and may help her decide whether lumpectomy or mastectomy is the best in her particular situation. My mom and I were both diagnosed with infiltrating or invasive ductile carcinoma within 9 months of each other.  I had to be cleared by cardiology before my surgery and my breast surgeon told me not to worry about the delay (it was only a couple of weeks). You didn't state your mother's age, and sometimes that might be a consideration on the type surgery she has.  My mom was older, so the surgeon thought a mastectomy was best because that would give her the best chance of avoiding radiation therapy.

jen_972 said:

am sorry to hear that but you

am sorry to hear that but you are a survivor and happy you came over it, hope you do well in future.

i'm not sure about the risk of recurrence as we have not spoken to doctor as they hardly have time to speak with anyone here, am really clueless as to where and what i should do.

yesterday we waited whole day for reports and they just gave date of surgery which they didnt say as to the condition of the cancer.

I also have infiltrating ductal. I had 2 tumors in my breast. I had chemo first, just had a mastectomy & will be having radiation. I am also on a hormone blocker. It is very important that she know if she is estrogen, progesterone & HER negative or positive. It sounds like you might benefit from getting a second opinion from Dr that will give you better or clearer information. Is there a hospital by you that has a breast center? Most hospitals have them & your services can be done with Dr's who all have access to your electronic records since they are in the same system. Your mother, and you, though I don't know your age, need to read up on choices. My Dr gave me a book they give to all patients that has definitions of all the words they use, abbreviations & explains all treatments etc. Teaching hospitals have libraries. The library does too but make sure you get one written in the last few years. I think mine was 2012 or 2013. In order for her to make the right decision she has to learn all she can. This site has a lot of info & Breastcancer.org. She can do a web search & read up on it. But she has to know her hormone & HER status. That would have been on biopsy report. Make sure she has all her reports too.

jen_972 said:

thanks... i would check on

thanks... i would check on this terms, her biopsy reports states

Right breast trucut biopsy (1 paraffin block + 3 stained slides):

Infiltrating duct carcinoma, grade II.

Modified R.B. score: 3+2+2=7.

Lymphovascular invasion are not seen.

On immunohistochemistry, tumour cells are

ER: Positive(70% cells show moderate nuclear staining, Allred score 7/8)

PR: Positive(100% cells show strong nuclear staining, Allred score 8/8)

CerbB2: Negative (Score 0).

her biopsy was done on first week of  december and her surgery is due on 15th Jan, is it risky to wait that long after her biopsy

 

From what you've written, your mom is estrogen positive (meaning her tumor grows with the presense of estrogen) so that means she'll eventually be going on an estrogen blocking type of drug, tamoxephen if she's premenopausal, an aromatose inhibitor (there are several) if she's post menopausal. Mine was started after I was done with my other treatments (surgery, chemo and radiation). It's a daily pill taken for 5 or 10 years, will cause menopause symptoms - hot flashes, etc.