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MKL
MKL Member Posts: 34
edited June 2014 in Just Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastasis

Was reading article in More magazine about dense breasts.  I have been told my one good breast is dense, but have never been advised to have ultrasound along with mammogram.  I was Dx with recurrence in Nov 2009 in my bone.  I am due mammo this spring.  I do know from my first Dx in 2000 no one could feel my 1.6 lump.  Ultrasound really showed it more than the mammogram did according to my surgeon.  I can't help but think if I had had ultrasound all along, maybe the cancer invasion in my breast tissue would not have been as extensive....I just don't know.

Does anyone here request an ultrasound along with your mammogram now?

Thanks, Kay

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited February 2011
    It might have helped but maybe not. MRI is much better for dense tissue.
    Check out this site: http://www.areyoudense.org/
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  • Fearless_One
    Fearless_One Member Posts: 3,300
    edited February 2011

    Doctors who don't advise u/s with dense breasts are negligent, IMO.   Mine didn't, either.   By then it was nearly 2 cm.    Not as good as MRI, but better than mammo, alone.   There are many studies confirming that.

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  • LRM216
    LRM216 Member Posts: 2,115
    edited February 2011

    My every six month mammo always includes an US.  I go back to my breast cancer surgeon for them, she is part of a dedicated breast cancer center where they do all their testing right there.  I love it as my results are given to me immediately upon seeing her after the mammo and US.  I had my breast MRI's done there as well, but those I don't get immediate results on.  I am in the Atlanta, GA area.

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  • Fearless_One
    Fearless_One Member Posts: 3,300
    edited February 2011

    JB, I had digital for 4 years in a row.  Nada.  Nearly 2 cm and never showed up.   Had the skin not started dimpling, I would not have found it in time.

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  • Towny
    Towny Member Posts: 111
    edited March 2011

    WHEN IS THE BREAST CANCER.ORG PEOPLE GOING TO START TELLING ALL WOMEN WITH DENSE BREASTS THAT MAMMOGRAMS MAY NOT BE THE ONLY SCREENING WE NEED!!!

    HOW MANY WOMEN ARE GOING TO DIE OR BE DX WITH LATE STAGE CANCER DUE TO THIS... WHY DON'T THEY START MAKING THIS A BIG DEAL.  THERE ARE SEVERAL STATES THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING LAWS MADE SO WE WILL BE INFORMED ABOUT OUR DENSE BREASTS! WHY HAVE THEY WITHELD THIS IMPORTANT INFO?? PLEASE CHECK OUT

    AREYOUDENSE.ORG .. DENSE NY... I'M DENSE ARE YOU!!! PLEASE WRITE YOUR POLITICANS AND SAVE SOMEONE TODAY!! IT MIGHT BE TO LATE FOR US BUT NOT FOR THE YOUNGER WOMEN!!!  WE ALL DERSERVE TO KNOW WHAT THE DOCTOR'S KNOW ABOUT OUR OWN BODIES!!!

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  • kira1234
    kira1234 Member Posts: 3,091
    edited March 2011

    My BS has requested I have both mammogram and ultrasound at my 1 year mark which the insurance has ok. It makes me feel safe he has requested that. He wanted an MRI but the insurance said no.

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