My onctotype score came back yesterday and was a 23. I am pre-menopausal and under 50 with a grade 3 tumor so was feeling okay about it until I was reading and realized most people score less and don't need chemo. I will be having taxotere and cytoxan for four cycles three weeks apart. But even with chemo and hormone…
I am so happy to see this change at one of the hospitals in my state! None of us are ever guaranteed to be “finished" with breast cancer, butthose with recurrent or metastatic cancer often have to watch the bell being rung over and over again by patients who are finished with their current chemo or radiation. I love the…
Everything is moving kind of fast. Friday before last, I just went in because my right breast and under the arm were sore. Flash forward to now, and I've had a mammogram, ultrasound, biopsy, and met with a surgeon and an oncologist. Originally the surgeon wasn't until Tuesday, and the oncology appointment wasn't until…
hello everyone. I just got a 2nd biopsy done and it showed scattered atypical ductal hyperplasia...in the anterior portion of the breast. i have an 9mm tumor in the same breast too...which they found in the first biopsy. So now they have to take more tissue out, if doing a lumpectomy. Is a lumpectomy still ok to do? I'm…