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This patient support community is for discussions relating to breast cancer, biopsy, genetics, lumpectomy, lymph node dissection, lymphedema, mammograms, and self exams. If you have been diagnosed, please visit our Breast Cancer: Stage 1 & 2 or Breast Cancer: Stage 3 & 4 Communities. If you are newly diagnosed and don't know your stage info yet, feel free to post here.

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Asymmetry on MLO view left breast DBT mammogram

Arutrun

In December, i had a T1A melanoma removed on my left arm deltoid. I’m supposed to be ‘cured’ post surgery. With that history, I’ve been o...

Any 2020/2021 Granulomatous mastitis diagnosis?

lramirez211

Hello, so I was diagnosed with Granulomatous mastitis in January 2021 and haven't seen any recent post about it since 2018. I have curren...

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Suspicious of titanium chip

RegretfulAlso

In Jan. I had a needle breast biopsy and a titanium chip inserted. I got an infection a couple of months later, apparently from the pool...

22 answers

Can you help could mean? I am scheduled for a biops on February 15th.

6inavan

A couple of weeks ago I had a routine mammogram. I had a follow up 3D mammogram and ultra sound a couple of days ago. Now I need to have ...

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Need some information

Lynnie_40

This is my 2nd mammogram.Can someone tell me what it means to only find 10 MM ASYMMETRIC POST SUPERIOR RIGHT BREAST On one view,both the...

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Architectural distortion in 3D mammogram but not regular mammo

Claireh0417

Implants removed 2017. In 2019 I had a normal mammo that showed dense breast tissue, which I’ve always had. Dec 2020, I had the 3D mamm...

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Will refractive surgery such as LASIK keep me out of glasses all my life

John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO

Dec 31

VISUAL SNOW UPDATE: 2018

John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO

04/18

2018 General Information on Dry Eyes-Now known as Ocular Surface Disorder

John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO

03/18

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