Hi Julie - Thanks for seeing information to help your mother. We're here to help you.
Understanding her medical condition, the treatments and the recovery process is important. Mammary ductal carcinoma is the most common type of breast cancer in women. Almost 75% of all breast cancers begin in the cells lining the milk ducts and are called ductal carcinomas. When a woman has invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) it means that the disease has spread, and there are are malignant (cancerous) cells in the breast tissue. In some patients, like your mom, the cancer spreads beyond the breast to the lymph nodes.
The information that you've provided sounds like data that is included in a pathology report. Most cancers are described in stages. Are you able to find out from your mom, or from her doctor, the stage of her cancer? Having that information will enable us to give you more information.
A good resource for a better understanding of breast cancer treatment is here: http://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Breast+Cancer
Please note the boxes on the left which lead to more information. As your mom goes through treatment you may find going back to this page will be helpful.
Please provide us with additional information so that we can help you further. Are you close by and able to help your mom directly, or are you trying to help her from a distance? What type of support system does she have? Can she get assistance for basic needs like obtaining groceries, getting healthy meals during treatment, having transportation for medical appointments? Those needs, and more, are going to be important for her care and recovery.
Please get back to us soon, and take good care of yourself.
Pat
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Hi Julie - Thanks for seeing information to help your mother. We're here to help you.
Understanding her medical condition, the treatments and the recovery process is important. Mammary ductal carcinoma is the most common type of breast cancer in women. Almost 75% of all breast cancers begin in the cells lining the milk ducts and are called ductal carcinomas. When a woman has invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) it means that the disease has spread, and there are are malignant (cancerous) cells in the breast tissue. In some patients, like your mom, the cancer spreads beyond the breast to the lymph nodes.
The information that you've provided sounds like data that is included in a pathology report. Most cancers are described in stages. Are you able to find out from your mom, or from her doctor, the stage of her cancer? Having that information will enable us to give you more information.
A good resource for a better understanding of breast cancer treatment is here: http://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Breast+Cancer
Please note the boxes on the left which lead to more information. As your mom goes through treatment you may find going back to this page will be helpful.
Please provide us with additional information so that we can help you further. Are you close by and able to help your mom directly, or are you trying to help her from a distance? What type of support system does she have? Can she get assistance for basic needs like obtaining groceries, getting healthy meals during treatment, having transportation for medical appointments? Those needs, and more, are going to be important for her care and recovery.
Please get back to us soon, and take good care of yourself.
September 14, 2010 - 5:58pmPat
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