Hello,

I belong to the nurse enquiry team and Lucie one of our moderators asked us if we might be able to shed any light on what is happening.

I am sorry to read about what¿s been going on. I can understand you wanting to know what the next steps might be.

As far I know the letter `U¿ stands for ultrasound and the number 3 means that it isn¿t clear from the scan results what this small shadow is. There is a way of classifying breast ultrasound scan results from 1 to 5, with 1 looking normal/ benign (non-cancerous) and 5 looking like cancer.

There is also a numeric classification for biopsy results which uses the letters `C¿ or `B¿ depending on the type of biopsy that has been taken and again the numbers 1-5. This is explained on the website of another charity, Breast Cancer Care, at this link.

I am really not sure what will happen next. If the biopsy results are indeterminate I suppose there is the possibility that they might want to take another tissue sample for further analysis, but I think there is no way of knowing what the specialist team will decide until they review you case.

I hope you don¿t have too long to wait before you find out.  It¿s easy to say I know, but try not to worry in the meantime.  If you want to give us a call to talk anything over our number is  0808 800 4040 and we are here from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Take care,

Julia