Biopsy results usually same as surgery pathology

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blpeda
blpeda Member Posts: 3
edited July 2018 in Just Diagnosed

i am having a lumpectomy tomorrow and was doing ok but now scared of what they might find. My biopsy is 6mm and contained. Tomorrow they will remove tumor and check nodes. Just wondering if biopsy and pathology are usually the same. I think knowing i have cancer is freaking me out.

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  • Jimiwithani
    Jimiwithani Member Posts: 35
    edited July 2018

    hi. I don't have anything to share But you'll be in my thoughts during your surgery.

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  • bennybear
    bennybear Member Posts: 326
    edited July 2018

    I would think most times it is the same. Mine was exactly the same. Peace!

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  • beauz
    beauz Member Posts: 207
    edited July 2018

    My biopsy and post surgery pathology results are very different as shown in my signature. Be prepared if you have a large tumor. Take it easy.

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  • Golfnut33
    Golfnut33 Member Posts: 30
    edited July 2018

    hi

    I had my lumpectomy July 10 and just got pathology today - different diagnosis I’m afraid (ADH to DCIS/LCIS/ADH). I was totally unprepared for this as I’d read it was usually the same as biopsy

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  • Okkate75
    Okkate75 Member Posts: 151
    edited July 2018

    My pathology was largely the same. Unfortunately there's no way to predict this, but the good news is you'll soon have the full picture and can move forward with treatment. And that's great! Good luck.

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  • Warrior2018
    Warrior2018 Member Posts: 380
    edited July 2018

    Mine didn’t show any differences. The path report and biopsy were the same.


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  • ReadyAbout
    ReadyAbout Member Posts: 211
    edited July 2018

    Mine were different. My cancer is very rare (1-2% of breast cancers) and can be difficult to examine under slides. My biopsy AND lumpectomy pathology reports said DCIS, but when it was sent out for Oncotype, the Oncotype lab called my RO and said that two of their pathologists agreed it was invasive. Then the idiot pathologist at my hospital looked at it again, carefully this time, and showed it around and everyone agreed it was invasive. I went from not needing Tamoxifen to being on it for the next five years.

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  • blpeda
    blpeda Member Posts: 3
    edited July 2018

    I had my surgery (lumpectomy) which is 8 mm DCIS, All went well , not much pain. Today I received my pathology report which has clear margins and clear lymph so beyond thankful and relieved. Now, I need to decide whether to do radiation.

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  • beach2beach
    beach2beach Member Posts: 996
    edited July 2018

    Well my original biopsy said IDC. Upon pathology after mastectomy the size remained the same, 7mm, but the tumor was actually ILC with DCIS and LCIS in it.

    Glad it went well.

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  • letsgogolf
    letsgogolf Member Posts: 263
    edited July 2018

    Mine was just a little bit different. Went from IDC to IDC with Lobular Features. Grade was same as were the PR, ER, HER2 and Ki67.

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