cancer lump found by pathology in other breast after BMX

bevdurrant

HELP!! anyone out there in my position...................recently underwent BMX for tumour found in left breast, have already undergone chemo and am awaiting radiotherapy.  when the pathologist studied my tissues he found a small tumour in my right breast which was cancerous.  does this mean that this is from the original site or a knew tumour????, how does this affect me now and my treatment.................please help i am so worried..........B:(

ebann

The tumor could be either or from the orginal or new. So there is no clear answer to that. Also it deprneds on what hormone receptor it is. Did you have lymph node involvement? If so then you will probably have to do more chemo. I did chemo and radiation together. Some chemo's you can do that some you cannot. I am sorry I could not give you a clear answer on that. I hope the best for you. I am sure that others will come along and be able to answer some questions for you.

Elizabeth

bevdurrant

Hi elizabeth, i dont think so, when i asked my surgeon, he said it was small and that we made the right decision to do the bilateral and i would only need to continue with my radiation.  I have posed this question to my oncologist via the oncology nurse, so am hoping for some more answers.  thank you so much for your advice, this is hard man to get your head round

ScienceGirl

I had a screening mammogram last Nov. and a tumor was found in both breasts.  This is called synchronous bilateral carcinoma.  Looks like this is what you had too, they just didn't know it.  In all my research and doctor's visits, the experts regard this situation as 2 primary cancers (not one that has spread).  I think oncologists just go forward with treating the larger / higher stage tumor.   Do you know the details of the 'surprise' tumor, ER? HER2?

Be thankful that you had a BMX, talk about validation of that decision!  I also had a BMX and in one breast there were several small areas of cancer that weren't detected on mammogram or ultrasound.

bevdurrant

Man your right!!!! i am so glad i made that decision.  I am waiting to see the oncologist to learn more, my surgeon said it was small and didnt show up on scans etc, he said we made the right choice, and like you said they will just continue with my original treatment path..............lets hope so...........i will keep ya in the picture.  what treatment have you had???.........thanks for your advice sciencegirl B:)

bevdurrant

Hi SG, a question, did they do a node biopsy on the second tumour ??????, thanks B:)

bevdurrant

Hi girlies, am waiting to find out if the other tumour is Her 2 positive or not..............just scared dont know how that effects my treatment or prognosis....................any advice???????????, hope everyone is good B:)