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maryvanessa1
maryvanessa1 Member Posts: 31
edited June 2014 in DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ)
Please help.  I am not understanding  the difference.  My cancer was diagnosed on the stereotactic biopsy,  so will it be the same info on the lumpectomy  patholoogy report??   Or do they analyze different things?? Thanks so much.. still so scared, getting my lumpectomy report on june 11. maryvanessa
Diagnosis: 4/14/2010, DCIS, 2cm, Stage 0, 0/0 nodes[E
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  • in_cognito
    in_cognito Member Posts: 429
    edited June 2010

    Things can change from the biopsy report vs the lumpectomy.  WIth the biopsy they only have a small sliver to look at where with the lumpectomy, the entire tumor comes out and there is more tissue to evaluate.  My grade changed from 1 to 2 after the lumpectomy.

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  • sweatyspice
    sweatyspice Member Posts: 922
    edited June 2010

    Exactly.  The biopsy removes only a tiny portion of tissue, the lumpectomy removes the whole thing (hopefully).  It's possible to discover something new/different when there's more tissue to look at. 

    My diagnosis remained the same, though.

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  • LRM216
    LRM216 Member Posts: 2,115
    edited June 2010

    Your lumpectomy pathology report is what your treatment will be based on.  Good luck and keep us posted.

    Linda

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  • maryvanessa1
    maryvanessa1 Member Posts: 31
    edited June 2010

      thank you all for responding so quickly.  I can only hope they dont find anything more on my path report,  I am still in shock over the diagnosis, I really dont know how much more i can handle.

      whatever it is , i do know one thing, it was caught in time, Thank God for that.

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  • 3monstmama
    3monstmama Member Posts: 1,447
    edited June 2010

    The lumpectomy will tell you more about grade and size.  And with a lumpectomy, there is a small chance they might identify microinvasion which isn't the case with the biopsy.  In my case, the size of the DCIS got bigger but nothing else changed.

    Hang in there! 

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