opinions please!

[painter64]

I have been having mammograms done for 5yrs. now { Im 45}. For about 2yrs. I was going back every 6mos. they said they were keeping an eye on the left breast.Then I was put back on the yearly. So I just went for that. now Im told to come back for thse left breast again...breast tissue is heterogeneously dense. There are benign -appearing calcifications in the left breast. There is an ill-defined density in the left breast on CC.This is new since the prior exams. No mammographic abnormalty of the right breast. BI-RADS code o. Any opinions good or bad please.

[SueYoung55]

You mentioned Birads 0... so most likely not. But with dense breasts you are already 3% more likely to get breast cancer. Stick with digital mammograms as they do better with dense breasts. Be vigilant and always have them ultrasound both breasts. :)

Best wishes

[painter64]

I guess Im wondering if this report sounds like cancer?

[SueYoung55]

If you've got dense breasts, and I did, I got ultrasounds on them with each mammogram. My cancer didn't show on mammogram but did w/ultrasound  1.5 cm and then it showed it's full size of 10 cm w/MRI.

[painter64]

yes I am going back for a special view mammogram and a sonogram if needed.

[japdip]

Opinion ???  but I would certatinly want to follow this to some conclusion as to what it might be since it is a new finding. Surely there was some recommendation as to further investigation included in the final report on the latest mammogram. With dense breast tissue a Breast MRI can often be of help in better defining the suspicious area. You might consider this OR even a biopsy may be recommended if you were referred to a Breast Surgeon following this latest set of films. It could be anything but I'd want to know "what".   Regards ....