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Dcis , mastectomy and reconstruction having to wait a few months?
Hi everyone Just after some advice please , I feel very confused . I saw the surgeon in Wollongong last week and he said I need to have a mastectomy asap (right breast 2 biopsies dcis , mammogram sh...
@El.mumof2 So glad that you managed to sort it out. Im a bit late jumping in, but yes I was going to say DCIS is not urgent as they deem it as a pre cursor to cancer. I had DCIS in 2011 and OVERKILL treatment, it was taken out, clear margins. Then Radiation treatment and Tamoxifen 4yrs. Its very different to say IDC in which the diagnosis is very different. I had IDC in 2015 and Chemo. So absolutely all ok, just hang in there xo Melinda