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 November and they showed a new lump in approx the same position as the last. A core biopsy showed a lump that did appear cancerous but not triple negative. In fact it showed ER+ which turns out was not correct. A mastectomy (right side) followed in December and pathology showed a Squamous cell carcinoma. A PET scan, oncology consults and retesting of the pathology and a comparision to the lump from 5 years ago followed. The verdict is now that I had a metaplastic squamous cell carcinoma that was orginally a triple negative lump. I'm about to start chemo - AC followed by paclitaxel.
It's a pretty lonely journey when no one else seems to have the same experience and the only things that pop on a search for metaplastic breast cancer are really, really scary and depressing. Has anyone else out there had a metaplastic tumour?
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 November and they showed a new lump in approx the same position as the last. A core biopsy showed a lump that did appear cancerous but not triple negative. In fact it showed ER+ which turns out was not correct. A mastectomy (right side) followed in December and pathology showed a Squamous cell carcinoma. A PET scan, oncology consults and retesting of the pathology and a comparision to the lump from 5 years ago followed. The verdict is now that I had a metaplastic squamous cell carcinoma that was orginally a triple negative lump. I'm about to start chemo - AC followed by paclitaxel.
It's a pretty lonely journey when no one else seems to have the same experience and the only things that pop on a search for metaplastic breast cancer are really, really scary and depressing. Has anyone else out there had a metaplastic tumour?
