YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for May, 2003: Re: breast cancer

Re: breast cancer

From: Asem Anwar Moussa MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 4 May 2003 14:52:27 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 4 May 2003, aneet wrote: >
>I am a female of 25 years of age & presently ion india, I felt this lump
>in my left breast 8 years ago & immediately got a biopsy done &it
>reported that it is benine. Now I just wanted to remove it completely
>as was moving abroad & the histopathology report showed that it is
>malignant. " Infiltrating duct carcinoma".
>
>The histopathology report is as follows:
>" Maximum diameter of tumour is 1.5cms. Sections show an infiltrating
>duct carcinoma of breast. The tissue is cellular, predominantly solid
>with mild stromal connective tissue reaction.Central necrosis is present
>in some tumour lobules. Adjacent breast tissue shows intraductal
>component & lobular invasion. There are possible lymphatic emboli. The
>tumour is moderately differentiated (grade 2). Some parts of the tumour
>show dense lymphocytic infiltration at the periphery."
>
>Now I will be going in for MRI & ultrasound of axillatomorrow.
>
>Please let me know what are the possible treatments for this. Is it
>compulsry that I go for mastectomy, complete breast removal & then be
>subjected to radiotherepy & chemotherapy, or is threre any chance I can
>save my breast? What about my sexual life after all this?
>
>please guide.

The answers to all of your concerns&questions are found in the breast health section

--
Dr:Asem Moussa MD
Prof.of OB/GYN.
Alazhar School of Medicine.
Cairo-Egypt
This is for teaching purposes

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