Hi ladies, I had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy finished in October last year, now on letrozole and a dexa scan showed I now have osteoporosis. I just got a copy of the consultants letter which says that I have grade 2 micropapillary cancer and DCIS. I obviously didn’t take all that in at the follow up appointment! Have looked up what micropapillary means and now panicking a bit. Had clear margins though. Does anyone know what this means?
Hi
It sounds as though the letter related to your pre surgery condition.
i had encapsulated papillary carcinoma with dcis. After my surgery i had clear margins and no obvious signs of dcis but am having radiotherapy. I think this is just in case there is any dcis kicking about.
I understand how worried you are. If you contact your breast care team they will be able to provide information and hopefully reassure you that all is well.
Take care xx
Thank you, that explanation helps put my mind at rest. I haven’t been able to make contact with the breast care nurse locally despite several phone calls, but will keep trying.
I had micropapillary to. It’s I believe how it looks under the microscope and has micro papillary features which I panicked as it said it’s an escape root. I got told off by oncologist for googling who said it’s nothing to dwell on. The cancer is gone and my scans are clear. However I know exactly how u feel.
keep positive
x
Thank you so much, that’s reassuring. I’d avoided googling anything until the other night - I have learned my lesson!
If they could just give us a reliable place to go to look up stuff in depth! For those of us who are chronic information gatherers haha. Anyway, I have micropapillary as well. Its more if you have lymphovascular involvement with it that they will keep a closer eye on it. Otherwise they treat it the same way as ordinary IDC.
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