Did You Have More then One Tumour in Your Breast?

Apparently they always set the treatment plan according to the "worst" of the tumors. My treatment plan was set by the 1.6cm invasive tumor that was grade 3 & spread to 6 nodes. However, I also had a benign cyst, a fibroadenoma, a spot of ADH and an 8mm DCIS. I was not told that any of these increased my chances of recurrence or mets.

Considering the small size of my breast (size AA) it must have been pretty crowded in there.

Leah

I had two tumors as well.  Multicentric disease is well recognized as having a higher rate for local recurrence and therefore may be an indication for radiation therapy poat-mastectomy.  A reference:

http://www.cancernetwork.com/display/article/10165/109928?verify=0

There are many more scientific articles which discuss this issue as well. 

The staging is still generally done based on the size of the largest tumor and perhaps, your doctor is indicating that the other tumor was very small in comparison.

I doubt if the treatment will differ regardless as they are no doubt recommending chemo, probably radiation, and hormonal therapy.

I had multi centric (3 tumors) with extensive DCIS. But Pure, since we did the mastectomy and not lumpectomy we have eliminated our chances of localized recurrence. 

I had two invasive tumors (two they found anyway) one was 4cm and one was .6cm and some DCIS too, LVI and Node positive (seems like I ticked alot of the negative boxes!!) - my dr never mentioned anything about it increasing chances of a recurrence. I had a mx, chemo, rads and now on tamox - anyone know where I stand regarding recurrence? - any time I ask my doc about it he just tells me not to be 'worrying about things like that'  but I actually would like to have some idea one way or the other.

I had two tumors. One was ILC and one was IDC. It didn't change my treatment plan and I don't think it affects my recurrence rate.

hi jen,

i had 2 tumors also. one at 2.1 cm and the other at 1.5 cm. none of my docs said anything about that. i will ask tho. i do know they use the largest one for staging, etc.

hugs,

diane

Shit Pure,

If I am over stepping the "profanity" clause I apologize, but I had mutlicentric disease as well.  I am truly going on the "largest" tumor, which was 6.5 cm.  HUGE in my eyes, but apparently there were several smaller ones there too., OMG!!!!!!

Crazy isn't it?  I had yearly mamos and they never picked any of this stuff up.  I found it, almost a year after my last mamo.  Go figure..............

Love you babe,

Sharon

Jen....I had 3 tumors in my right breast as well as 8/12 lymph nodes....that is what went into the staging to be stage 3....don't remember the size of the tumors .Don't know if having multiple tumors means anything beyond the staging, especially with a mastectomy..I'm 4 years since Dx.

Same thing happened to me...one year after mammg, had another, full blown BC, 3 tumors and in lymp nodes on left side..doc said it was very aggressive, treated it aggressively with chemo, bilateral masc and 33 rounds radiation..sorry, i don't know all the abbreviations   I asked how this could happen...onc says, it was a nasty kind of cancer.

I had 3 tumors two were DCIS, the third was 2.7cm and was no longer in the duct.  I've had a Mastectomy of my Left breast and in Dec. 2008, had 6 rounds of Chemotherapy and now I take tomoxifen daily.  I think just now though that the tomoxifen is causing a rash...could that be? has anyone else heard of this? It is incredibly itchy and it started on my Left forearm.  If anyone knows anything about this, please let me know.

While going through chemo I lost my hair...of course, and I hated the wigs so I went head "comando" tee hee!  My most frustrating things now are buying cloths.  I still can't wear a bra as the scar area is really sensitive still "I was told it was a hematoma" and I still have one breast so EVERYTHING fits very poorley.  I'm not ashamed or embarassed by my condition but I wish I could wear nice cloths again.