Could BC recur just 1 year after the treatment?

It may not be a recurrance. I had IDC in my left breast and DCIS in my right. The would have never found a small DCIS tumor if it weren't for the MRI… and even then they weren't sure what it was. That's why I decided on the BMX.

So if it is BC this might have been there all the time but was so small it was undetected.

At my first mammogram after my mastectomy I was called back because they found something.

It turned out to be nothing at all.  They are just extra careful with us now and anything that looks even remotely suspicious, they double check.  Mine was just two cysts on top of each other that gave an asymetrical appearance on mammogram.

Good luck to your friend.  It takes a few years, I think, to finally stop being afraid all the time that it will return.

I'm glad I helped.

I went into my mammogram with complete confidence, and was shocked to be called back for more imaging.  My surgeon called me and said, "let them biopsy you."   They told me they found an "assymetrical density" and I knew what that meant.  I couldn't feel anything - I played with my remaining boob every hour on the hour trying to figure out what was in there.  Because I'd had cancer, I thought I'd know for sure if I felt it again.

Turns out I was right.  It was a rough week though.  Fortunately, they told me right there in the imaging center what it was and I never even needed a biopsy.  My tech had had breast cancer so she understood and so the radiologist came in and explained it was nothing.

Also, if your friend is on tamoxifen, she should know that causes breast changes, so a LOT of us get called back for more imaging.  Tamoxifen can make dense breasts less dense and it looks a lot different from our last mammograms, so we get called back.

I hope your friend has a similar experience.

I don't know if this will help or not, but when I had my mammo, they told me it would be at least a week for the results, and because it was BC they ended up telling me the day I had the mammo that I would need to come in for a biopsy in a couple days.  Even with the biopsy they told me it would be at least 7-10 days for the results, and they called within two days, so with any kind of luck, if it would be anything, they will call her sooner than 2 weeks.  That seems a little long to make someone wait.  Also, while I was waiting they gave me Ativan (generic name Lorezapam) to help me calm down.  It helped me to sleep at night.  So, you may want to tell your friend to call her doctor and tell them she needs something to help her nerves.  I hate to say no news is good news, but I have worked for a surgeon for five and half years and if something comes back "bad or suspicious"  the radiologist calls us and we in turn call the patient, so hopefully that is the case for her as well and everything will be okay.  I will keep her in my prayers.  Take Care. Allison