Calcifications in tnbc

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Beckham2
Beckham2 Member Posts: 17
edited March 2018 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Did anyone else have calcifications with triple negative

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  • Jennifer522
    Jennifer522 Member Posts: 254
    edited March 2018

    My journey with BC started with routine mammo in January 2017 that showed microcalcifications in right breast. They were deemed stable and probably benign with diagnostic mammo's every 6 months. In the meantime, I found a lump in the opposite breast in September 2017 that turned out to be TN.

    As of my latest MRI a few weeks ago, the microcalcifications are no longer there. Guessing chemo cleared them up.

    I am getting a double mastectomy in 2 weeks.

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  • XXXGGGYYY
    XXXGGGYYY Member Posts: 33
    edited March 2018

    Yes. I had scattered calcification in both breasts, since my first mammogram at age 40. They had stabilized, until last year when the mammogram revealed the 4.5 cm TNtumor in one breast only.

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  • klvans
    klvans Member Posts: 258
    edited March 2018

    Aren't calcifications common, especially in older women? I thought they were generally benign. My MO told me not to worry about them.

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  • elindy
    elindy Member Posts: 25
    edited March 2018

    I had calcifications in the right breast, and 3 yrs later diagnosed with early stage tnbc in that breast.

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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited March 2018

    Negative or positive has no bearing on calcifications. Most of us develop calcifications in our breasts as we age. It is when they form certain patterns that they may indicate something is going on on imaging - most frequently DCIS.

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  • Beckham2
    Beckham2 Member Posts: 17
    edited March 2018

    Thank you all for your replies.

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  • Beckham2
    Beckham2 Member Posts: 17
    edited March 2018

    Thank you all for your replies.

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  • urdrago71
    urdrago71 Member Posts: 559
    edited March 2018

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    Thanks for the clarification, as I'm new to the site and reading as much information as possible to understand common findings knowing we are all different.

    At some point I need to make choices when surgery gets closer.

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