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Hi All,

My 35 years old mother of 2small kids sister was diagnosed with DCIS on April1st and Mastectomy had performed on April21st with DCIS on her right breast. Her pathology report shows as follows..

Lymph Node, Breast, Right-Sentinal Lymphnode Biopsy --> NEGATIVE FOR TUMAR (0/1)

Breast, Right-Modifief Radical Msstactomy -DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITE

Invasive Component : Negative.

Lobular Carcenoma in-situ : Negative.

Intraductal Carcinoma : High Gread, Solid type, with necrosis, (Comedo necrosis)

Margins uninvolved by invasive carcinoma, distance from closest margin is 3mm

Pathologic tumor Stage : pTisNOMX

Lymph Node Axilla Right-Dissection - Negative for tumor. No Lymph Node Tissue is Identified.

Estrogen Receptor  : Negative
(Clone 1D5)

Progesterone receptor  : Negative
(Clone 1A6)

No Family History of Breast cancer.


So, now my question is what are the chances of re occurrence of the breast cancer or the Lung cancer. B'coz I read some articles after the mastectomy, due to lack of breast tissue, the tumor goes to the chest wall and may cause the lung cancer.

Please provide me the information and give me some mental peace. She is very young and mother of 2year and 6year old kids.

Thank You.
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I am a 6 year survivor of DCIS.  I had a lumpectomy and radiation treatment.  I also had two young boys at the time.  The hardest part of recovery was where they took out my lymph nodes.  Radiation was not bad, I just hated going everyday.  I have not had any real problems since.  Hope all goes well with your sister.  I can relate to how you feel.  I lost my older sister to breast cancer.  It really hurt.
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We generally think of cancer as a type of disease that grows out of control. DCIS, on the other hand, is not an invasive cancer. It stays inside the milk duct of the breast in which it started. It can grow to cover a small or large area of the breast. But it does not spread OUTSIDE the duct into the normal surrounding breast tissue, to the lymph nodes, or to other organs.

In the staging system that doctors use to classify cancer, DCIS is known as Stage 0. And it is sometimes called "pre-cancer." You may also hear it referred to as Tis, which means that the cancer is non-invasive. Tis stands for "tumor in situ" or "in the same place.". DCIS hasn't started to break through normal tissue, which means it's not life-threatening like cancer. However, DCIS still requires careful medical treatment.

Your report indicates that there were good margins and there was no spread to the lymph nodes.  Those are both very good signs.  
I'm a 2 year survivor of Breast Cancer and have never heard of it the lung cancer connection that you referenced, it doesn't work that way.  
I hope that helps.
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