My mom was just diagnosed with Lobular carcinoma stage 2?

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Can anyone tell me a little more about this....maybe from experience... Thank you!
it is moderatly diferantieated....she will undergo a lymph biopsy to see if its spread....i hope it dosent...does anyone know about this? please help Thank you!
The bad news is that is it is very likely an Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
. The good news is that it is a stage two which is very treatable.

From the American Cancer Society.


Lobular carcinoma in situ

Although not a true cancer, lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS; also called lobular neoplasia) is sometimes classified as a type of non-invasive breast cancer, which is why it is included here. It begins in the milk-producing glands but does not grow through the wall of the lobules.

Most breast cancer specialists think that LCIS itself does not become an invasive cancer very often, but women with this condition do have a higher risk of developing an invasive breast cancer in the same breast or in the opposite breast. For this reason, women with LCIS should make sure they have regular mammograms.
Invasive (or infiltrating) lobular carcinoma

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) starts in the milk-producing glands (lobules). Like IDC, it can spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body. About 1 out of 10 invasive breast cancers are ILCs. Invasive lobular carcinoma may be harder to detect by a mammogram than invasive ductal carcinoma.

Stage II

These cancers are larger and/or have spread to a few nearby lymph nodes.

Local therapy: Surgery and radiation therapy options for stage II tumors are similar to those for stage I tumors (see above), except that in stage II, radiation therapy may be considered even after mastectomy if the tumor is large (more than 5 cm across) or the cancer is found after surgery to have spread to several lymph nodes.

Adjuvant systemic therapy: Adjuvant systemic therapy is recommended for women with stage II breast cancer. It may involve hormone therapy, chemotherapy, trastuzumab, or some combination of these, depending on the patient's age, estrogen-receptor status, and HER2/neu status. See below for more information on adjuvant therapy.

Neoadjuvant therapy: An option for some women who would like to have breast-conserving therapy for tumors larger than 2 cm (about 4/5 inch across) is to have neoadjuvant (before surgery) chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and/or trastuzumab to shrink the tumor.

If the neoadjuvant treatment shrinks the tumor enough, women may then be able to have breast-conserving surgery (such as lumpectomy) followed by radiation therapy, as well as hormone therapy if the tumor is hormone receptor-positive. Further chemotherapy may also be considered. If the tumor does not shrink enough for breast-conserving surgery, then mastectomy followed by different chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hormone therapy is the usual treatment. A woman's chance for survival from breast cancer does not seem to be affected by whether she gets her chemotherapy before or after her breast surgery.  (+ info)

radiation or surgery to treat anal cancer stage 2 squamous cell carcinoma?

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i would go with surgery first. something a lot of people dont realize is the long term effects and permenant damage that are done by radiation, particularly in that region of your body. you want to minimize the radiation you have to have b/c i have yet to meet someone who has had radiation that hasn't had long term effects from it and i belong to a cancer support group. good luck!  (+ info)

my mother has been dianosed with grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma & a doctor in nigeria said d breast b remov?

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doctor recommend the breast be removed,why and is that correct.pls advise.l am worried,she's 73yrs old.
A ductal carcinoma is a form of breast cancer, where cancer cells grow inside the breast ducks. By removing the breasts, the cancerous tissues will be removed (i.e the tumor). On top of that it will prevent it from spreading (if it isn't done yet). So year, removing the breast is a suitable course of action. On top of that she may need radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

If you mother was healthy until then, she will be fine, but I cannot promise anything.

All you can do is be by her side, and support her as much as you can. She will loose or gain weight which may be scary. She will also be very tired, she may loose her hair, and she will also become very cranky (most doctors don't tell you that). Just deal with it and love her. Don't show her that you are worried, but do ask for all medical details, I find that it helps a lot of the patients to know exactly what's happening and why.

Furthermore, make sure you mother keeps (or starts) exercising several times a week (2-3 times). It will be hard for her, especially at the beginning, but on the long run, cancer patient who exercise have a better recovery.

Finally, you mother will need a very strict medical follow up. Once most cancer cells are gone, she will have to get a full blood count every 3 months at least.

Good luck.  (+ info)

I have had papillary carcinoma 2 times in 8 years. Whats my chances of it coming back again?

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Are you referring to papillary carcinoma of the bladder? If so, it will most likely come back about 80% of them do.  (+ info)

Can anyone please share their experience or advice regarding papillary carcinoma?

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My mother, aged 69, had a 2 centimeter invasive papillary carcinoma removed in a lumpectomy recently. Thankfully, there was no evidence of any of the lymph nodes involved.

Of course, we are very concerned, and would like to know what are the experiences of those who have been diagnosed with papillary carcinoma. What treatments did you undergo? For how long? What were the side effects/possible contraindications and outcome of your treatments? How did you choose your oncologist?

Any advice or details you could give us would be sincerely appreciated.
I don’t know how many responses you are going to get, as papillary carcinoma of the breast is fairly rare and the information you provide is a little vague. Breast cancer treatment depends on the stage of the disease, the grade and if the hormone receptors are negative or positive none of which you mention. From what you stated your mom is a stage I, right at the edge of a stage IIA.

She is very luck that it was caught this early as they grow more rapidly than others and when found the tumors are often larger than your mother’s. The lymph nodes are usually negative, but hopefully a sentinel node biopsy was done to be sure. This type of cancer tends to happen most often in black women. For some reason we do not yet understand cancer in general is more aggressive in black patients, so if your mother is black I would have this treated as aggressively as possible to be on the safe side.

I firmly believe when faced with a significant medical decision you should get at least 2 opinions. If your mom lives in a less populated area she may want to get an opinion from the closest teaching facility as they tend to be involved in the most unusual cases and the cutting edge treatment. It may be too far to travel for treatment, but they can create a treatment plan that can be followed locally. Hope this helps. Best wishes to you both.




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HELP!!!! is squamous cell carcinoma curable after 2 months??

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we found out that my mom has a cutaneous horn and also that it might have squamous cell carcinoma in the base
do you know if it is curable after 2 months
PLEASE ANSWER OR GIVE A WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!
very curable in fact 100%  (+ info)

What does grade 1, 2, 3, 4 of the tumor mean in clear cell renal cell carcinoma?

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what does each grade mean
Grades refer to how advanced the cancer is. 4 is usually the worst case scenario with metastisies

-- Stages of renal cell cancer --
Once renal cell cancer has been found, more tests will be done to find out if cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body. This is called staging. A doctor needs to know the stage of the disease to plan treatment. The following stages are used for renal cell cancer:

-- Stage I --
Cancer is found only in the kidney.

-- Stage II --
Cancer has spread to the fat around the kidney, but the cancer has not spread beyond this to the capsule that contains the kidney.

-- Stage III --
Cancer has spread to the main blood vessel that carries clean blood from the kidney (renal vein), to the blood vessel that carries blood from the lower part of the body to the heart (inferior vena cava), or to lymph nodes around the kidney. (Lymph nodes are small, bean-shaped structures that are found throughout the body; they produce and store infection-fighting cells.)

-- Stage IV --
Cancer has spread to nearby organs such as the bowel or pancreas or has spread to other places in the body such as the lungs.

-- Recurrent --
Recurrent disease means that the cancer has come back (recurred) after it has been treated. It may come back in the original area or in another part of the body.  (+ info)

How large is a cyst when it becomes a mass in or on the kidney in renal cell carcinoma?

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.25cm .43 cm 1.2cm 1.6cm 3.0cm 4.0cm 5.8cm
What is the procedure if it is 2.0 or smaller?
A cyst is benign (not cancer).

Carcinoma is malignant (cancer).

The only relation they have to each other is they both present as growth of some sort.  (+ info)

Squamous Cell Carcinoma measures 1.5 inches x 2 inches. Will removal require skin graft?

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I recently had a squamous cell carcinoma in situ removed but not all cells were gotten. The incision has agrivated the cancer. The current size is approximately 1.5 inches by 2.5 inches...I do not know the conversion to metrics. Will the doc be able to remove this with an incision again or will in likely require a skin graft?

My GP referred me to a plastic surgeon because he did not want to remove something that large...the 1.5x2.5 does not include any margins. My appointment with the PS is tomorrow, but I'm nervous and want some info tonight if possible. The original site only appeared 5 weeks ago and is growing faster than any my GP has ever seen.
I recently had a squamous cell carcinoma in situ removed but not all cells were gotten. The incision has agrivated the cancer. The current size is approximately 1.5 inches by 2.5 inches...I do not know the conversion to metrics. Will the doc be able to remove this with an incision again or will in likely require a skin graft?

My GP referred me to a plastic surgeon because he did not want to remove something that large...the 1.5x2.5 does not include any margins. My appointment with the PS is tomorrow, but I'm nervous and want some info tonight if possible. The original site only appeared 5 weeks ago and is growing faster than any my GP has ever seen.

The carcinoma is on the upper right quadrant of my back. The measurements are surface measurements that I was able to get with a ruler. The previous diagnosis was in situ but that was 3 weeks ago when all of the visible surface was removed...the new measurement is the growth that replaced the original that was removed.
Is one of those measurements the depth? Where is it-face, arm, etc? If one of those is the depth it may not fill in all the way and need some type of plastic surgery.
I would say you will need a graft. Another piece of advice for you is to keep this area as clean as possible so you don't develop an infection. An infection would, of course, mess up the healing process and possibly make scarring worse.  (+ info)

My 73 yo sister was diagnosed with stage4 renal cell carcinoma 2.5 years ago. She has had pin-point radiation?

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on the two tumors found in her brain which were easily accessible. The first tumor
she had symptoms (almost like a stroke whereby her arm/leg were limp on one side).
The second tumor was discovered before any symptoms appeared. She has pain daily,
and nausea and is somewhat slow in her gait. What should we expect.
Expect as far as what?  (+ info)

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