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janelle66
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12 years ago

Looking for information - invasive lobular cancer

I have recently been diagnosed with invasive lobular cancer. I went through a barrage of tests and have since had a lumpectomy which the initial lump was removed along with three smaller friends. ...
chemotherapy
mastectomy
radiotherapy
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JessicaV
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12 years ago

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567879

This study identifies a group of women with ILBC who did not need chemotherapy to get very good survival rates. They all had grade 1 tumours or ER-positive (ER+) grade 2 tumours with Ki67 = 30%. And this group had such a good long-term prognosis that chemotherapy can be safely avoided and exclusion of endocrine therapy considered. This might be a good article to discuss with your surgeon.

Hope this is useful.best wishes