Tumor became BIGGER after biopsy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Danaqtr
Danaqtr Member Posts: 48
edited September 2018 in Just Diagnosed

Hello,

Is it normal to feel the tumor became bigger after core biopsy??

My mom had biopsy on 27/8 and I got the result that it is IDS (ER+PR+HER2 (2+) (still pending FISH) my mom didn’t know anything about her cancer. The surgeon scheduled her lumpctomay on 23rd September. However today she is worry and told me she feels her tumor enlarged!!!!!! Is it normal to feel the tumor became bigger after the biopsy???? Before 22 days the tumor size was 1.4cm on radiology report. Do you felt your tu your tumor become bigger within a month! Or after

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  • gb2115
    gb2115 Member Posts: 1,894
    edited September 2018

    I think it could feel bigger because of swelling/inflammation around the tumor. It did get a needle stuck into it. I feel like mine felt bigger, but it was definitely irritated. I kept poking it too (I guess to keep checking it), so that probably didn't help.

    I had 4 weeks in between my imaging and my surgery, and my tumor grew by only 0.1 cm. So, 1.1 cm to 1.2 cm.


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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited September 2018

    Maybe the area is swollen from trauma that occurred during the biopsy. I was very hurt from my botched biopsy, but didn't feel anything change. Of course the area was black and blue so I wasn't touching it. And yeah, that trauma lasted at least a month.

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  • Lexica
    Lexica Member Posts: 259
    edited September 2018

    Mine went from feeling like a grape to a grapefruit in the two weeks between biopsy and diagnostic scans (MRI, CT).

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  • Danaqtr
    Danaqtr Member Posts: 48
    edited September 2018

    omg!!!!!! Has the doctor explained why this happened

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  • Danaqtr
    Danaqtr Member Posts: 48
    edited September 2018

    i hope it is due to inflammation nothing worse!!!

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  • Confettimom
    Confettimom Member Posts: 8
    edited September 2018

    I went thru that and my surgeon assured me it didn’t rapidly grow overnight. The sudden “growth”was just from the inflammation caused by the tumor.

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  • crawfish
    crawfish Member Posts: 286
    edited September 2018

    My breast definitely felt lumpier after my biopsy because of the trauma of the needles. It was sort of like scar tissue? Not an indication that the lump was bigger.

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  • Jiffs
    Jiffs Member Posts: 21
    edited September 2018

    Mine definitely feels a little bigger since my biopsy, but it's also tender which makes me think it's definitely just due to swelling. The tumour is bigger than I thought it was, I thought I had heard the radiologist say 1.3 but the surgeon said 2cm. I will be having surgery on September 27, so we'll see what the actual size is after he takes it out!

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