Told breast lump cancerous on ultrasound

[TheHonourablePenelopeBuntyWindermere]

Name changed as outing.
Had routine mammogram last week then had letter 4 days later asking me to come back. Went back this week and had more in-depth , I think 3D , mammogram. Then saw dr for ultrasound who said they’ve found a lump and needed to do biopsies! I asked if he thought it was cancerous and he said yes it was and that I’d need a lumpectomy. He took 2 biopsies then put in a marker where lump is. Going back next week for biopsy results.
Dr said lump is 10mm so very small and hasn’t spread to the lymph nodes.
All feel very surreal, can’t feel the lump myself at all which I guess is due to it being small. I keep thinking that the biopsies will come back clear , which will be fantastic, but dr seemed very clear that it was cancerous and reading this thread it seems quite a few of you were told the same following ultrasound and before biopsy results were back. Is there any chance lumps can look cancerous on scan and come back fine on biopsy or are biopsies taken just to confirm type of cancer ? Radiographer assisting the dr with ultrasound said dr will have seen many lumps on scan and will be able to tell which ones are cancerous on appearance.

I had breast cancer in 2016. It wasn’t confirmed until I had biopsy result.

i’m very surprised that anyone would be confident enough to tell you that with such a small tumour before biopsy result was known. How did they confirm it hadn’t spread to lymph nodes? Did you have a sentinel lymph node biopsy taken in your armpit?

(I was treated and had mastectomy. 9 years on, fit and well.)

Hope all goes well for you.

There are some features on ultrasound that can strongly suggest that what they are looking at is a cancer. It's good to be forewarned so you can take someone with you to the appointment etc. Very best of luck with it all xx

Sorry your going through this. I remember that feeling of clinging to the hope that they'd made a mistake and the biopsy results would show it wasn't cancer.

I was told during my ultrasound it was cancer and unfortunately the biopsy results confirmed it.

My experience was the radiographer saying “The consultant says it’s not cancer, but I’m not so sure.” It was cancer.

All you can do is try to distract yourself until your results, which I know is hard.

I remember going through this - I was told by a kind radiographer that there was only a very small chance it was nothing sinister. The worst part was waiting five days with all my friends assuring me it would be fine and that I should be positive. My lump was the same size. It was only after an MRI scan that I was told a few lymph nodes looked “a bit iffy” and to be on the safe side the surgeon removed over 30 nodes. I was in my 30s. It was after surgery that I was told the type of cancer, grade, stage 2.

The most reassuring moment was a 70 year old lady on the ward who had breast cancer successfully treated when she was 29 and was having another small operation before she went to Spain on holiday. Then numerous women I knew through work told me they’d had breast cancer treatment.

It was all very surreal as you describe, The waiting is awful. Treatments are so much better now with sentinel node and oncotype analysis. Sending strength 💐

Oh yes, I forgot to say that the radiographer said my lymph nodes looked fine. He was right about that too.

My lump was 9mm.