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How can my DCIS grow in 2 weeks?
Absolutely gutted. Diagnosed on 29th August with intermediate to high grade DCIS detected by regular mammogram. Advised 5mm calcification and vacuum biopsy performed removing majority of not all. Had ...
Hi @Cazza_61,
So sorry to hear of your diagnosis.
I was surprised too when Oct '23 BreastScreen WA gave me the all clear for next 2 years but 3 days later I had a chest CT for an infection which suggested a biopsy of the breast needed as a by-the-way. I wasn't worried (having been cleared by the breast screen) so finished some other heart tests I had at the time and a few weeks later had an ultrasound and a biopsy that found a 1cm possible cancer, then 1 week later turned into 2 cancers, a .7cm IDC and a 1.7 DCIS.
I asked my surgeon were they fast growing tumours to be missed in Oct. then picked up a few days later on CT, her answer was dense breast tissue (which I didn't know I had) often hides cancer on mammogram, but not to worry as I wasn't going to be having "that kind of mammogram ever again".
So as Arpie said, it's Breast Screening is only a guide that doesn't pick up all the details up. I was lucky to have had a great radiographer, but I think really only surgery with a good surgeon and a good pathologist can do that.
Wishing you all the best with treatment xx
So sorry to hear of your diagnosis.
I was surprised too when Oct '23 BreastScreen WA gave me the all clear for next 2 years but 3 days later I had a chest CT for an infection which suggested a biopsy of the breast needed as a by-the-way. I wasn't worried (having been cleared by the breast screen) so finished some other heart tests I had at the time and a few weeks later had an ultrasound and a biopsy that found a 1cm possible cancer, then 1 week later turned into 2 cancers, a .7cm IDC and a 1.7 DCIS.
I asked my surgeon were they fast growing tumours to be missed in Oct. then picked up a few days later on CT, her answer was dense breast tissue (which I didn't know I had) often hides cancer on mammogram, but not to worry as I wasn't going to be having "that kind of mammogram ever again".
So as Arpie said, it's Breast Screening is only a guide that doesn't pick up all the details up. I was lucky to have had a great radiographer, but I think really only surgery with a good surgeon and a good pathologist can do that.
Wishing you all the best with treatment xx