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Obesity May Increase Breast Cancer Risk Even More in Women With BRCA Mutations Mar 22, 2023 Obesity may increase breast cancer risk even more in women with a BRCA mutation, who are already a high-risk group. Read more...
Many Women Don't Think Breast Density Is Important Risk Factor Jan 25, 2023 Few women understand that having dense breasts increases breast cancer risk more than family history or some other risk factors. Read more...
Hello all wonderful women..I am new but not new. I have been lurking and posting occasionally for several years. My story started 26 years ago when my mom was diagnosed with BC at age 46. I was 26 and newly married. I am not sure what kind of breast cancer she had but it went from zero to 60 fast. It was so aggressive. She…
Low-Dose Tamoxifen to Reduce Risk in Women Who Received Chest Radiation Jan 6, 2023 Dr. Sandhya Pruthi explains a study on using low-dose tamoxifen to reduce breast cancer risk in women who received radiation to the chest as children. Women with a higher-than-average risk of breast cancer often take tamoxifen to reduce…
I have been having unilateral, spontaneous, clear and occasionally bloody nipple discharge. After 9 tests (3d mammograms, sonograms, MRI, sono guided biopsy and MRI guided biopsy) my last biopsy came back with a dx of atypical sclerosing papillary lesion with epithelial proliferation with mild atypia and rare mitoses, as…
Hi all, In my last mammogram, there appeared to be a 1cm of clustered grouped microcalcifications. I received a stereotactic biopsy last week, and the pathology report is as follows - Left Breast with microcalcifications: Flat epithelial atypia Focal mucocele-like lesion Microcalcifications associated with in flat…
Here's my history: November 2018: ADH confirmed via biopsy. ALH discovered in same breast during excision. In the last two years, I have had three more biopsies (thankfully, all benign), the most recent last week for clustered microcalcifications in the other breast. Started low-dose Tamoxifen in October 2021. Had complete…
3D Mammograms Reduce Risk of Advanced-Stage Disease in Women With Extremely Dense Breasts and High Risk of Breast Cancer June 15, 2022 In women with extremely dense breasts and a high risk of breast cancer, screening with 3D mammograms — rather than 2D digital mammograms — was linked to a lower risk of advanced-stage…
I have dense breasts - Category C - Heterogeneously Dense - and was diagnosed with breast cancer in my right breast 7/29/21. I had a lumpectomy and just finished 16 rounds of radiation. My tumor was small (3mm) and luckily no lymph node involvement, so no chemo. Because of the tumor size I also was unable to get Oncotype,…
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Higher Breast Cancer Risk in Black and Hispanic Women May 3, 2022 Black and Hispanic women who had low levels of vitamin D in their blood were more likely to develop breast cancer than women with sufficient levels. Read more...
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