Question about Pathology Report

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FightLikeAGirl72
FightLikeAGirl72 Member Posts: 53
edited December 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

I am six rounds into my chemo. It's been an adventure and I find myself looking back at my pathology report. Now, I am node positive. Two macro, one micro and had a 5cm tumor and a 2.5 tumor. In reading my report, it states that I have extensive high-grade DCIS but they cannot identify an infiltrating component, so my stage is based on the largest tumor and its characteristics. Out of curiosity, did anybody else have a pathology report state they could not find the infiltrating part of their cancer?

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  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 7,496
    edited December 2014

    What you have is "Occult" primary breast cancer. While considered rare, there have been others like yourself, here on this discussion board. You might wish to do a search on this board using the word "occult" to trace others like yourself.

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