Who to ask about pathology details?
Hi all, just new here…yay🎉?! 🤦🏻♀️ I see everyone seems to know what hormone, stage and other details of their cancer. I know the size of mine, that it is invasive lobular. Just wondering, as I’d...
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Hi MintyChicken and welcome.
It’s completely okay to want more detail, you haven’t missed anything. The best people to ask are your surgeon or medical oncologist, as they have your full pathology (Your Breast Care Nurse may also have this information on-hand as well). You can ask about stage, grade, hormone status and how fast-growing it may be.
It’s really normal to need to prompt these conversations BCNA encourages open communication with your treating team (Read more Communication with your treating team )and it’s okay to ask for a copy of your pathology report or to go through it together.
In the meantime, our Breast cancer pathology factsheet can help explain these terms in plain language and make those chats easier.
You’re doing all the right things 😊
P.S Based on the information you 'do' know, please check out our private Group: Invasive Lobular Cancer (ILC) | BCNA Online Network