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Metaplastic tumour - anyone else out there?
Hi everyone, 5 years ago I had a very small triple negative lump removed (<4mm) lymph nodes and margins clear and the lumpectomy was followed by radiation. Fast forward to my annual scans last Nove...
@HelenV
No. My diagnosis took 7 months. My surgeon first did a lumpectomy, thought everything was ok, but the pathology came back with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, ie not a breast cancer. It was too big to save the breast, so she did a mastectomy (didn’t touch the lymph nodes because those sarcomas don’t go there). The pathology from that gave me my present diagnosis. My chemo will be at North Gosford Private Hospital. Due to start on 17 February but might have to be delayed because, after a month, my mastectomy wound has not completely healed. Has anyone talked to you about genetic testing? I have a daughter and two granddaughters.
No. My diagnosis took 7 months. My surgeon first did a lumpectomy, thought everything was ok, but the pathology came back with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, ie not a breast cancer. It was too big to save the breast, so she did a mastectomy (didn’t touch the lymph nodes because those sarcomas don’t go there). The pathology from that gave me my present diagnosis. My chemo will be at North Gosford Private Hospital. Due to start on 17 February but might have to be delayed because, after a month, my mastectomy wound has not completely healed. Has anyone talked to you about genetic testing? I have a daughter and two granddaughters.