Do you think that breast cancer operation is compulsory?

Published on Aug 26th, 2010 under All.By admin

[Epithelial Cancer related Question]

Hi ladies and gentlamen,Doctors, My mother has left breast mass, she is 55 yrs old, she has 11 children. F.N.A done for her, it shows aggregates and singly dispersed malignant epithelial cells with irregular hyperchromatic nuclei, infiltrating stormal and adipose tissue fragments, consistent with mammary carcinoma.
she has no pain now, she says just i feel a brisk in my breast sometimes. but the mass looks as a small collapsed egg.
she has operation appt. on tuesday at 6th day of Octobe,2009.
The Doctor says she needs left side mastectomy and axillary clearance.
Frankly, still I’m not sure of her diagnosis!.. so help me plz what i have to do?can i ignore the oparation? then what happen? i heard somebody became worse after the operation!!! so I am afraid of the result …plz help.

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5 Comments

Da motherloader on August 26th, 2010

Am i the only one here thats not stupid? you cant get cancer on your breast! theres no bone there!

gairikghosh on August 26th, 2010

If FNA shows cancer it is very likely so. If you have doubts you can repeat the FNA at a different lab ASAP(if the health care system permits so).

Firstly the info given is inadequate for an opinion. If the mass is central (close to the nipples) radical surgery is better, if peripheral breast preserving surgery fares well along with radiotherapy. If there are swollen glands in her armpits better go for the surgery being advocated.
Nowadays if detected early women with breast CA live quite long following surgery with modern drugs.
The person you heard about may have become worse still even without the surgery.No surgery is without complications.Your mum is young and without any surgery Breast CA kills people.The radical surgery with axillary clearance makes recurrence least likely.
The country where I practice the relatives let the doctors decide, the country where I trained (UK) we give the options to the patient who weighs in the pros and cons and take the decision themselves. It is likely she will get some chemo afterwards.

april on August 26th, 2010

Da motherloader, your answer is the only stupid one on here. What does that tell you?
Listen to gairi. In the end, its your mom’s decision. The best to her.

Denisedds on August 26th, 2010

It’s your mother’s decision, unless she is incompetent to make her own decisions.
I don’t know if you misunderstood something or if you are getting incorrect information, but there would be no tissue fragments in an FNA. And there should be no confusion over her diagnosis. She would have had work up so they would know what kind of cancer she has and what kind of surgery is needed. There is always a risk to surgery so it is possible “someone” did get worse, but surgery does not make the cancer worse. If you are responsible for making your mother’s decisions than you need a better understanding of what is happening.

Dave on August 26th, 2010

The oncologist is a breast cancer specialist. He or she knows what your mom must do in order to survive breast cancer.

A mastectomy is not that bad an operation. What she won’t feel physically she may emotionally. But the procedure is about an hour and a half with an overnight hospital stay.

She will need help with the drain for about a week and will be on pain medication for about a day and then over the counter Advil will be sufficient.

If you want to get a second opinion it will take time which may not be in the best interest to your mom and I bet your oncologist is right on in his diagnosis.

If lymph nodes will be removed then she will forever need to get that area massaged, but they will teach her that. My wife had a mastectomy but what hurts her is the actual loss of the breast and the treatment of chemotherapy drugs that she needed.

The actual surgery is not bad at all, probably the easiest part of the treatment she endured compared to chemotherapy and radiation.

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