AboutClaes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. Expertise I`m a doctor of medicine and a specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have long experience in diagnostics and treatment of breast tumours.
Experience I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden.
Question Hello, do all nodules that enhance on breast MRI need to be biopsied? I had 8 with iregular borders enhance but the radiologist is only going to biopsy 2. He felt like if these two are benign the other 6 will be too. Is this a common practice? The radiologist said he did not want to turn me into a pin-cushion. I am 38 years old . one sister with Cowdens syndrome she had ovarian cancer and then had breast cancer at 31 years old. I am on a list to be tested for Cowdens also. Thank you
Answer Well if I happened to be in your situation (and in THIS situation) I would probably INSIST ON/DEMAND that biopsies should be done on all those lesions! That one lesion is benign is no guarantee that another also will be. Sure they may ALL be benign but then you will know that and do not need to worry. Last summer (2008) my PSA was found to be 8.8. My urologist - in a fancy private hospital in Stockholm, Sweden - told me he thought it was due to my old man's enlarged prostate and nothing else. I replied that sure that it may but I want to KNOW! So I more or less forced him to do 8 medium bore needle biopsies of my prostate (even though much enlarged probably smaller than your breast). Well there was cancer in 5 of them. I have since had radiation therapy for it and my PSA has gone down to 0.05! He looked like a wet cat when he had to tell me the results! Please do keep me posted! Good luck!
