Body and bone scans
hi, i'm 46 and was diagnosed with in-situ and invasive lobular cancer in my right breast in november (multi-centric and multi-focal, grade 3, ki67 23%, er/pr+ / her2-). i've had neo-adjuvant chemo, a ...
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that's great @"Kiwi Angel"!
Hi @Lvlw - I was diagnosed with bilateral invasive lobular and ultimately had a double mastectomy, now on chem with radiation and hormone therapy to follow.
My breast surgeon sent me for Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis staging CT scans prior to my surgery, as well as a full body bone scan. It was 'pitched' to me as routine and I didn't really think I had an option. As much as I experienced scan-xiety - and was convinced that my months of coughing, aching knee etc must be a sign of metastasis, I was actually very much in favour of having the scans so that I could either deal with a cancer spread or rule it out.
All of these scans, including my pre-op MRI, suggested no node involvement. During surgery however, on my left side, two sentinal nodes were identified as postive for cancer cells and therefore my Breast Surgeon did a full axillary clearance on the left - he told me beforehand that he takes no chances and would do this. On the right, my sentinal nodes showed micro-cells for cancer and like you, that's deemed node-negative.
Going forward, I'm honestly not sure what will be recommended to me in terms of ongoing scanning. I can't have MRI while my air-expanders are in place, because they have a small metal canister inside them, but I don't think I'll be able to have a reconstruction until at least mid-end 2019. For my piece of mind I am hoping that I will be sent for some sort of regular scan!
Wishing you all the best for your radiation therapy xx
Hi @Lvlw - I was diagnosed with bilateral invasive lobular and ultimately had a double mastectomy, now on chem with radiation and hormone therapy to follow.
My breast surgeon sent me for Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis staging CT scans prior to my surgery, as well as a full body bone scan. It was 'pitched' to me as routine and I didn't really think I had an option. As much as I experienced scan-xiety - and was convinced that my months of coughing, aching knee etc must be a sign of metastasis, I was actually very much in favour of having the scans so that I could either deal with a cancer spread or rule it out.
All of these scans, including my pre-op MRI, suggested no node involvement. During surgery however, on my left side, two sentinal nodes were identified as postive for cancer cells and therefore my Breast Surgeon did a full axillary clearance on the left - he told me beforehand that he takes no chances and would do this. On the right, my sentinal nodes showed micro-cells for cancer and like you, that's deemed node-negative.
Going forward, I'm honestly not sure what will be recommended to me in terms of ongoing scanning. I can't have MRI while my air-expanders are in place, because they have a small metal canister inside them, but I don't think I'll be able to have a reconstruction until at least mid-end 2019. For my piece of mind I am hoping that I will be sent for some sort of regular scan!
Wishing you all the best for your radiation therapy xx