I had a mammogram, ultrasound, core needle biopsy, and a breast MRI prior to my breast surgery. Based on all the tests, they told me I had Invasive Lobular Cancer (about 8cm in size, which is quite large), and DCIS. The doctor recommended a mastectomy, based on the Invasive Lobular Cancer. The pathology from the breast tissue came back, and I had no cancer in the breast - just DCIS. So they staged me at Stage One Breast Cancer. I did not have the invasive lobular cancer. They were only leisions. How could a mistake like this be made? I
Anyway, now I'm wondering if I needed to have the mastecomy, or would a lympectomy have been more appropriate.