How long is process of evaluating mass after mammogram including biopsy or lumpectomy? then how long till radiation? probable dcis or stage 1 ductal.

3-5 weeks: Biopsy should be done soon after a suspicious lump is detected either by physical examination or mammogram. If it is cancer or dcis, a lumpectomy should follow anywhere from a few days to a few weeks later. The start of radiation depends on healing after lumpectomy, but radiation generally starts about 4 weeks later. Radiation generally takes 6-7 weeks to complete.

Depends? Sentinel LN: From mammo. To biopsy core 48 to 72 hours. Final pathology 2 to 3 days if positive and they run the hormone panel er / pr / her -2 oncogene. Definitive lumpectomy / sln biopsy +/_ axillary diss. In 1 to 2 weeks depending on md / hospital schedule. Healing 1 to 2 weeks. Then XRT unless not stage 1 or 0 (dcis) ie stage 2 with high oncotypedx rscore then chemotherapy first -same for her2 +.