First mammogram at age 30

Welcome to BCO. We are very sorry about the situation and concern about which you have come here, but we are glad you found us. You have indeed come to the best place on the internet for true understanding about these things. We are more than a Community -- we are a Family of men and women who care about and support each other.

Yes, your Doctor's Office should be in touch very soon. They will likely have requested a biopsy appointment or surgical consultation for you already by then.

Your biopsy procedure may be done by needle, or it may be done by excision. Remember that most breast biopsies are found to be of benign conditions.

The waiting times will be difficult -- they will seem very long waits. Best to keep yourself distracted as you can, your focus absorbed by doing what you love or like very much to do -- you know, the favorite things that make your time passage rate tend to fly. But if it would help to put you more at ease, you are welcome to hang out with us here on BCO.

Remember, just now you and your Health Care Providers are doing all that can be done to investigate the nature of that nodule. Whatever it is, it will be taken care of.

You are very welcome, MLT2015.

Now your waits in view are for your Doctor's Office to call, then for your biopsy procedure, and then for your biopsy results. I think if you have not heard from your Doctor's Office by about 11 a.m. today, you should call them to make sure they know that your mammogram report says BIRADS 4 and that you need a surgical consultation or biopsy arranged.

Either method might be used for your biopsy, but I would expect that they will want that nodule out of there anyway. You will need to wear very good support -- around the clock for a time -- to help hold your incision seam together once your nodule has been excised.

Please keep us up on your news. We are here for you.

dtad, MLT2015's report actually indicates that her breasts are not dense. "Scattered fibroglandular density" is the second lowest level of density.

MLT2015, your report is pretty clear, saying that there is a nodule that most likely requires a biopsy. This doesn't mean that it's cancer - it just means that the imaging can't rule out cancer so a biopsy should be done to find out what that nodule is. 80% of BIRADs 4 biopsies turn out to be benign. Since mammogram imaging identified the nodule, it's likely that a stereotactic biopsy, which is a core needle biopsy that is mammogram guided, will be recommended. That's the less invasive approach (vs. a surgical biopsy) and usually the first choice for a BIRADs 4 biopsy unless there is some reason why the doctor believes that the needle might not be able to pick up an accurate sample (for example if the nodule is in location in the breast that is difficult to reach with a needle). Here's some information about this type of biopsy: Stereotactic Breast Biopsy The only questions I would have are if your doctor or a surgical consult were to say that a biopsy isn't required, which would be unusual with a BIRADs 4, or if a surgical excision was recommended, which would be unusual for a BIRADs 4 (again, unless the nodule location makes it necessary). Good luck with your biopsy!

I went to do the mammogram and ultrasound but the radiologist suggested me not to have them unless I really want...But since I am only 30 and when she checked my nipple, she didn't think it was scary thing.. uhm. They mentioned (radiologist and nurse) the mammogram could cause more problem because it changes the hormone?

Idk...... i don't know what to expect now.......... I am just thinking about getting ultrasound only in other place since they said they do not do just ultrasound

It doesn't make sense, plus it is completely out of context in this thread instead of being posted in her original thread

Hmmm...were they perhaps saying that you were at the wrong time in your cycle to have a mammogram when you were there? That your hormones would make it more difficult to read the results? That false positives (problems?) were more likely if you had a mammo at the wrong time in your cycle?

That you couldn't have an US then, because their procedure is to do a mammo first?

That you should reschedule the mammogram for a better time in your (hormone/menstrual) cycle?

Just an idea. (If I've guessed right, I wouldn't go to another place, necessarily. I'd check djmammo's list of accredited breast imaging centers, and choose one of those...and if yours is on the list, I'd go back. If I've guessed right, then I respect them for telling you those things and suggesting a delay!)

HTH,

LisaAlissa