Invasive Lobular Cancer (ILC)
Hi all, I have just discovered that ILC is lumped into general ductal breast cancer. America research have started to recognise there are huge differences. Treatment in Australia is the same as ducta...
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@berry, you seem down about our diagnosis.
I hope to share some light that it’s not as negative as you seem to think it is..
Of course I don’t know your personal diagnosis and circumstances, but there’s plenty of women who have had stage 1 IDC and go on to develop stage 4 and then others with almost the exact same cancer in terms of size/staging who don’t.
Why does one survive for 25 years and one for 3? Very difficult to say and unfortunately science isn’t there yet to tell us.
Yes as per literature ILC has a tendency to come back later than IDC, but you must remember those women these studies are talking about were treated 10-15-20 years ago, and the treatments have improved since then.
I really hope I don’t seem to not understand your concerns, because trust me I do. I’m 27 of course I want to think I’ll be here in 30 years still. Having ILC doesn’t automatically mean we won’t be..
I hope some of the other more seasoned lobular women come on and add some more light, particularly regarding Peter Mac
I hope to share some light that it’s not as negative as you seem to think it is..
Of course I don’t know your personal diagnosis and circumstances, but there’s plenty of women who have had stage 1 IDC and go on to develop stage 4 and then others with almost the exact same cancer in terms of size/staging who don’t.
Why does one survive for 25 years and one for 3? Very difficult to say and unfortunately science isn’t there yet to tell us.
Yes as per literature ILC has a tendency to come back later than IDC, but you must remember those women these studies are talking about were treated 10-15-20 years ago, and the treatments have improved since then.
I really hope I don’t seem to not understand your concerns, because trust me I do. I’m 27 of course I want to think I’ll be here in 30 years still. Having ILC doesn’t automatically mean we won’t be..
I hope some of the other more seasoned lobular women come on and add some more light, particularly regarding Peter Mac