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 I went to the doctor yesterday and had a mammogram and an ultrasound on my breast. My doctor said that I had a cyst
but that she was more concerned about the calcium that showed up on my mammogram. She then did a biopsy. I just talked to her on the phone and she said that I had breast
cancer. She said yesterday that the calcium in my breast meant that I had a 50/50 chance that I had cancer. Everything that I have since read about calcium and breast cancer stated that the presence of calcium happens in the
advanced stages of cancer. My doctor stated that my cancer was in the very early stages. Please help me understand what's going on. My surgery is set for June 16th to remove a lump and other parts of my breast. She also said that I could have the breast removed but that it wouldn't be necessary since it was such an early stage. I'm confused, does calcium in the breast indicate breast cancer?
Answer Certain calcifications can indicate breast cancer - also very early cancers. To give you a better explanation I do need to read your mammography & ultrasound reports. If a biopsy was done please let me read its pathology report too. You can copy them here. If you do I'll explain everything as well as I can to you!
