Expert: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. - 5/23/2008

Question
QUESTION: I went for my first mamogram at age 49..Exercise, eat well, in good shape,
drink alcohol.. do not smoke or take drugs,, supplements, no family history
of cancer... The first hospital finds a micro calcification in left breast, I go to
A famous hospital in Boston, bring my films from also another prominent
hospital they repeat the diagnostic mamogram and advise a biopsy> same
findings... what do I do????

ANSWER: Sorry, I do not quite understand. Please explain. What was the difference here between the 2 places?


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QUESTION: I went for my first mamogram at age 49...I exercise, eat well in good shape,
drink alcoho, do not smoke or take drugs...Take antioxident supplements, no
family history of breast cancer...The first famous hospital finds micro
calcifications in left breast and say come back in six months to do a repeat...
since i was alittle worried I went to yet another famous hospital in Boston
where I live...they repeated the test 2 months later,, same findings as first
hospital yet tell me I need to get an invasive biopsy..Nothing changed on the
films...yet they want to do surgery in 2 weeks,,, less time than 6 months that
first hospital said to come back to do a repeat,,, because I have no baseline  
and the calcifications were so tiny less than 2 mm....what do I do??? do I have
an invasive biopsy,, when I probably don't have breast cancer...The second
hospital says 4 out of 5  come back bening...what would you do????

Answer
Well I have not seen your pictures myself. But evidently the second hospital seems to follow a "better safe than sorry" attitude and I can not find anything wrong with that in principle. If done as a needle biopsy the "invasion" is minimal. So I do suggest that you follow that advice! Good luck!