Time from abnormal screening to diagnostic/us

Anonymous

Time from abnormal screening to diagnostic/us

JR77

Hi all! I’m just curious how long after your abnormal screening did they get you back in for your diagnostic and US?

I had my screening on the 12/17and heard at the end of that week they found a mass and I needed to come back. Because of holidays, the next available was 1/9. This seems like a long time to me. Maybe just because I’m anxious....

brooke17927

I have calclifications and I had a 2nd mammogram 2 weeks ago and just now having my biopsy tomorrow. The waiting is awful.

MelissaDallas

From November to the first of February. Really busy clinic through public hospital

ShinyLife

It takes time. I'm still in the work-up phase myself. Screening 3D mammo on 11/12/18; diagnostic ultrasound on 11/21/18; u/s guided core needle biopsy on 12/4/18; surgery consult for excisional biopsy on 12/17/18; and breast MRI on 12/22/18. My CNB was benign, but discordant. (Basically came back as just fatty tissue.) Excisional biopsy is scheduled for 1/10/18. The waiting is hard, but there are lots of distractions this time of year. Let yourself enjoy try to enjoy the distractions. It's something like 80% of call backs don't require any further action, and from there, 80% of biopsies are benign, so keep that at the forefront of your mind.

Happy Holidays

Wigging2000

My wait was three days, including a weekend, but I wasn’t dealing with holidays at the time. I know the waiting is terribly anxiety provoking. Hang in there.

djmammo

Here is an excerpt taken from a 2016 article from Tennessee State University related to this post:

Timeliness of Care

"Times to biopsy following abnormal mammogram and to treatment following positive biopsy have been considered as quality of care indicators (Kaufman et al., 2010; Landercasper et al., 2010; Logan et al., 2013; Richardson et al., 2010). Among more than 175 members of the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC), the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers (NQMBC) program identified medians of 7 days for the former, 14 days for the latter and 28 days from abnormal mammogram to treatment (Kaufman et al., 2010) as measures of timely care."

Badsleeper

My screening mammogram was 12/4, ultrasound was 12/14 (bi-rads 5) and then biopsy finally just today...seems even longer, of course...

Fritzmylove

My mamorgram, US, and biopsy were all done on the same day. I got the biopsy results 2 days later. It was a whirlwind.

Rrobin0200

my mammo, ultrasound and biopsy were all done on a Monday and by Wednesday I had preliminary results.

jennielaine

I had my screening mammogram, diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound all in the same day. The biopsy I had a few weeks later, only because it was Christmas time and I didn't want to be physically uncomfortable during the holidays..........I could have had my biopsy the following week.

It was benign