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Re: Breast cancer From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Fri Oct 28 07:20:33 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Andrew Folley: "Re: GEN: Bad news" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: 35 week fetal demise" In reply to: GA12L@aol.com: "Breast cancer" Next in thread: Atkinson, Samuel M: "Re: Breast cancer" Mammography has a sensitivity of 85%. Statistically, that's great but that means that the test will miss 15% of cancers. Good luck to your Mom. Art At Fri, 28 Oct 2005, GA12L@aol.com wrote: > >My mother had a mamogram in January this year which was clear. End of May >she found a thickening of the skin and went to see GP. She then had another >mamogram and a biospy that revealed invasive lobular breast cancer. She had a >mastectomy they took 8 lymph nodes and found cancer in the first 4 but not in >the last 4. She's now having 6 sessions of chemo (she's now had 4 as of >yesterday) she will then have 4 weeks of radiotherapy and then arimidex for 5 >years. > >What I want to know is why didn't the mamogram pick the cancer up in January >or is it possible for it to have developed and grow so big in 5 months? > >Her white cells are now 2.2 will she be able to complete her last 2 courses >of chemo? > >What is the difference between Tamoxifen and Arimidex? > >Will my mum be okay? > >Thanks, > >Gail -- art fougner, md "I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early." Lawrence Peter Berra Next message: Andrew Folley: "Re: GEN: Bad news" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: 35 week fetal demise" In reply to: GA12L@aol.com: "Breast cancer" Next in thread: Atkinson, Samuel M: "Re: Breast cancer"

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