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Featured ContentPJ Hamel On NPR!

What is Ductal invasive versus non-invasive?

Peglove
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Peglove is waiting for margin clean-up surgery, then chemotherapy in January. Boo.
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09/13/09
Peglove
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So I have ductal invasive...someone said the "best one to have" if you could phrase it that way...is non-invasivve. Can you tell me the difference and the real risk factors...an invader doesn't sound good....
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Phyllis Johnson
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Phyllis Johnson grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. Parents of...

Sunday, September 13, 2009

This link can explain the differences between the types of breast cancers.  As for your personal risk factors, your doctor is the best person to help you with that because so many different factors affect each individual's prognosis.

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Writer, mother, wife, volunteer, and survivor: PJ Hamel joins the...

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Peg, you have IDC, the MOST common type of breast cancer, which means the docs have tons of experience treating it - and millions of women have survived it. Please read our IDC FAQS, if you haven't already - it'll give you a good overview of what it is, and how it's treated. PJH

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