I had a mammogram in March 2008 and all was clear, no problem. One year later, March 2009 I had my first digital mammogram and it showed what the doctor called a radial scaring. I went for a needle biopsy and no cancer cells, but the doctor was still concerned so I was scheduled for a surgical biopsy. It was cancer in the milk duct, known as DCIS. The surgeon said I had another spot he was concerned about so one and a half weeks later I had surgery again. The radiologist recommended 30 days radiation. He said without any treatment it could come back in ten years, with treatment it could be twenty five years. All the doctors who treated me said there would not be a lump with DCIS. My message to all ladies, do not wait for a lump because it could be too late. You are never too young or too old to get breast cancer. I thank God every day for digital mammograms.
Joyce McCarleyTroup, TX