BiRads 4b -- any link to cancer stage

ldt1 Member Posts: 2

October 2015 edited October 2015 in Diagnosed and Waiting for Test Results

I got a BiRads 4b on my ultrasound and am going in for a biopsy on 2 lumps tomorrow. Is there any relationship to the BiRads rating system and potential cancer stage? The lumps were small-ish.

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  MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268

  October 2015 edited October 2015

  The rating is for how likely it is to be cancer as opposed to benign, not staging.

  A 4b is moderate suspicion for being cancer, greater than 10% & less than 50% chance

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  ldt1 Member Posts: 2

  October 2015 edited October 2015

  I was just wondering if there was any correlation of the BiRad stage and to the cancer diagnosis -- if it turns out to be cancerous. For example, out of XX people who had BiRad 4b XX % has which stage of cancer.

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  Italychick Member Posts: 2,343

  October 2015 edited October 2015

  I was birads 5 and had stage 1, so not sure there is any link.

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  SouthernBling Member Posts: 63

  October 2015 edited October 2015

  I was BIRADS 4. Diagnosed as Stage 1, grade 3

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