I haven’t been told what stage I was, and I don’t think they could ever know. I had core biopsies which showed grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma, er+ pr+ her2-. It didn’t show up well on mammogram or ultrasound so I had an MRI which showed the tumour was 9cm, left breast. I was then given chemotherapy before surgery and had my bilateral mastectomy after the chemo. My pathology report after surgery showed the tumour at 2.5cm, but micro metastasis in 2/20 lymph nodes on the left, nothing on the right. Grade was the same. Due to very dense breast tissue I never felt a lump, and it was very difficult to find which is part of the reason I decided to have a double mastectomy. If you are treated with chemo first before surgery, does that mean you will never know the stage? Would my stage be determined by my results pre chemo and surgery, or the post surgery after I received chemo treatment?
