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Can you have dcis in one breast and lobular carcinoma in the other breast at the same time?
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Possible: There is no biologic reason to not have the lesions you described.
Answered 11/27/2017
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Yes,: probably quite uncommon but possible. Having one cancer does not protect the other breast or protect you from having a second cancer.
Answered 7/10/2017
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