Terminology, What does it all mean?

Trinny

Hi
Im a little confused with some of the terminology with DCIS and invasive.
I've been told I have High Grade DCIS, is this like the Grade or Type Ive read about?
What is a DMX, Im lost with a lot of the other letters and abbreviations. Is there a fact sheet of terminologies?
Just wondering as want to be fully informed with my path...
Thanks In Advance xx   

SoldierCrab

How to understand your pathology
reports

https://www.cancer.org/treatment/understanding-your-diagnosis/tests/understanding-your-pathology-report/breast-pathology/breast-cancer-pathology.html

SoldierCrab

DMX is Double Mastectomy if I am correct.... 

https://www.bcna.org.au/understanding-breast-cancer/glossary-of-breast-cancer-terms/

iserbrown

Here's another link that may as well as the post above on pathology 

Take care

https://www.bcna.org.au/understanding-breast-cancer/glossary-of-breast-cancer-terms/

Riki_BCNA

Hello @Trinny BCNA's newly developed My journey online tool has now a segment devoted to DCIS which explains the condition and the differences between the grades of DCIS which you might find helpful

Riki_BCNA

Apologies @Trinny the link fell off

https://www.bcna.org.au/understanding-breast-cancer/resources/my-journey-online-tool/

Sister

I think there's a few basic terms that could go on the glossary.

primek

The links given are great. Simply said most grading or stages  you read about is in relation to invasive breast cancer rather than dcis.
Reading specifically about dcis will help understand this rather thsn reading all of it.