My mom was just diagnosed with breast cancer, stage III, but?
My mom was just diagnosed with breast cancer, stage III, but?
the doctor said her tumor was not metastatic, and defined the size as 7?5 centimeters. What troubles me a little bit is that he had my mom?s mammogram, biopsy, ultrasound and blood test, BUT NO CHEST X-RAY, which I believe is the most important item to diagnose metastasis. Is this OK? Can you classify a tumor as non-metastatic without a chest x-ray?
Answer by inverse_mushroom_cloud
Chest x-ray isn?t a very good or thorough tool for determining staging of a cancer.
PET scan or PET/CT with contrast would be more typical (or a bone scan). Basically she would want a full scan from head to toe, but I know in my case they did from about my ears to mid-thigh.
Answer by BETHANY B
No way ? chest x-ray is not the most important ? I would actually rate it as least important. In my opinion ? Biopsy and Pathology tests are the most important. What treatment is in plan? Is the tumor HER2 postive or negative? How old is your mom and any gene testing done?
Answer by srinivasan c
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