Managing high recurrence risk or high risk of developing a second breast cancer.
Hi all. I'm hoping someone can share some experience or insight with genetics testing and how it may or may not have influenced your treatment decision. I'm currently waiting for genetics results. They're testing for the BRCA 1 and 2 and other genes with possible mutations. I was asked to get genetics testing and told that…
Dear beautiful community, my mom had breast cancer more than ten years ago. It was stage 3b. She had surgery chemo and radiation. She had BMX. She had cancer in one breast but was afraid of recurrence in her other breast so she did BMX. they made a mark tatto in her sides from where they did the surgery ( took of the…
I just had a double mastectomy. The point was to have a lower risk of not having the cancer come back. They done a Oncotype Dx test and my score was 51. Now they are wanting me to do chemo. I am very scared and questioning rather I want to do that or not. I am 54 years old. I dont know what to do!
I really don't want to do radiology. The risk is 15-20% without radiation the risk with radiation 5% reoccurance. According to my doctor. Since I will still have to do an MRI and mammogram every six months not sure this is necessary. Thoughts?
Hi everyone. Looking for some advice from all you wise, brave folks. I had IDC 18 years ago; ER+, PR+, HER2 neg/double mastectomy/chemo/tamox/negative sentinel nodes. A year ago was diagnosed with an aggressive axillary node recurrence; surgery to remove 8 nodes, 4 pos, 4 neg. Went on letrozole, had radiation, now 9 months…
I am grade 3 DCIS ER/PR negative and had a lumpectomy. My surgeon mentioned that I needed to take radiation due to high grade. He referred me to a radiation oncologist, whom I met this morning. The oncologist said my recurrence rate is 20 to 25%, and radiation can reduce it to be less than 10%. The side effects include…
I found out in August of 2024 I had ductal carcinoma in situ, 1.1 cm. There was no evidence of invasive carcinoma. No cancer found in the lymph node on the left side. I had a lumpectomy and did not require radiation or chemo. My cancer is positive estrogen receptor status. I have a decision to make regarding taking…
I was dx and treated with lumpectomy and rads in 2002, had another surgery to remove scar tissue in 2011. Opposite breast (dcis) in 2023, had lumpectomy, then another surgery a few weeks later to get better margins, followed by rads to this breast. I have yearly MRI's since 2011'. This past Dec. went for the yearly and…
Hi has anyone had hormone receptive breast cancer then had the worry about taking a hormonal drug for under active thyroid problems
Hello all! Scared!! Found a lump the other day in my 12-year post diagnosis breast. I had DMX, followed by chemo, bilateral reconstruction, a fat graft transfer and 10 years of anastrazole. At the time, I was stage 2 grade 1 and no LVI. I saw my primary today and was referred to our local breast cancer center, but I can't…
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