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Re: birads 4 rating

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:37:29 -0400 (EDT)

Dear Leslie- You may be jumping the gun here. Try to keep in mind that 80% of biopsies come back as benign. If your stereotactic biopsy does return positive for suspicious or cancerous tissue, you would be offered surgical excision. The type of surgery would depend on the results. Feel free to write back after your results are in. Hannah Brooks, MD, FACS

> Hi
> a little background:
> had a routine mammo in 1/03 with a call back for an ultrasound which
> showed a microcalcification and was instructed to come back for a f/u in
> 6 months.... went last week and the radiologist noticed a cluster of
> microcalcifiactions in the same area and recommonded a stereotactic
> biopsy (scheduled for tomorrow) - my report mentioned dense breasts and
> a birads rating of 4 - what is the probable result of my upcoming biopsy
> and if it is diagnosed as malignant, what can I expect in the way of
> treatment - I am a 43 year old with no breast cancer in the family.
> thanks
> Leslie Bates

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