Breast calcifications?

Question

I went for a baseline mammogram a week ago and they called me in to do another. It turns out I have calcifications in one breast and they did a magnification scan and said they're probably benign. My mother had post-menopausal breast cancer with califications so I made an appointment with my doctor to discuss the whole situation. The radiologist wants me to wait 6 months and get a 2nd scan he never even saw me and I'm not sure he was aware of the family history. I'm not so sure. I'm 38 and in good health otherwise. What are some good questions to ask my doctor?

Answer 1

whether he/she wants you to have more frequent mamos to keep an eye on the calcifications (which are exceedingly common).

Answer 2

I have mammograms every year. They found that I had calcifactions also in one breast. They did another mammogram with the magnification. Usually if they are in a clump or group, there are more suspcious of the area. I had two biospys done. One showed it was cancerous, so I had a lumpectomy. During the lumpectomy they did another biospy of another area that was suspcious, and found I had atypical hyperplasia, which is alot of cells that are high risk for getting cancer. Plus they found out I am estrogen positive, so they gave me tamoxifen. I have no breast cancer in my family. There is a test to check a gene for breast cancer. If I were you I would ask why they did not do a biospy. They say 85% of people that have calcifactions they are not cancerous, I was surprised when mine came back and it was positive for cancer. Good luck.

Answer 3

I have seen masses of breast fat removed because of calcifications on x-ray, and I never found the calcium in the excised specimen, although it showed in the specimen. It was very fine calcification in fat only.

Answer 4

Waiting for 6 moths is a very long time in my experience, that mass since has not finally being diagnosed, there are chances of this state to become malignant.have a secod opinion taken.