posted by happymum
30 January 2014
diagnosis
Last reply:
31 January 2014 09:33
hi everyone, me back again.i went in this week to meet dr. for my radiotherapy and while chatting he mentioned my diagnosis which he says is invasive ,on my biopsy i was D C I S. , now after surgery it,s invasive.i know it wont affect my prognosis ,which is excellent but it threw me as all the research i had been doing was on d c i s.I am meeting oncologist next week.Has this happened to anyone else and also can we get a copy of our pathology results, I know nothing about grade ,stage or quality of tumour.I do know size.I feel very stupid as I know very little about my illness!
Hi happymum,
You can ask your consultant for all that information, in comes in the form of a histology report. This gives you size, grade, stage, whether it is metastasised or not. This is also sent to your GP where you can get a copy. It does take time to grade and stage. Usually the stage occurs after Ct scan, bone scan, MRI and other test to see if cancer has spread to other parts. The grading is done when the tissue is examined after surgery, or through biopsy. So maybe your surgeon hasn't gathered all the necessary information for you yet? I had all that info before I met my oncologist, it was given to me by breast surgeon and I also got my histology report from my GP. Hope that helps and you get all the information you need are entitled to know very soon.
Take care happymum!