Guest guest Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 My Tumor was over 2 cm when I found it and did not show up on mammogram because of dense tissue at 60. So much for the " gold standard " and this was in a small breast! When I think of all the money wasted, on me, for regular mammograms! All dense tissue should be imaged with ultrasound as well. Ruth > My tumors (3 contiguous, multifocal) were Grade 3 (very aggressive) and based on the size of them and the extent of my lymph node involvement etc, I was classified as Stage IIIa. ALSO, I found my tumors during a monthly self-exam but the mammogram film taken a week later does NOT show the tumors even though they were over 1 cm when I found them. I have dense breasts even at age 58+, and mammograms frequently miss tumors I'm learning when the woman has dense breasts. Also a recent Canadian study showed that women with dense breast have 3 to 5 time the normal probability of having breast cancer. Having had it once doesn't decrease my chances of having it again. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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