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Helpful BCO links on Recurrent and Metastatic Breast Cancer
For more information on this sensitive issue, visit the main Breastcancer.org site's sections about: * Symptoms and Diagnosis of Metastatic Breast Cancer * Recurrent Breast Cancer, including signs and symptoms to look for We hope this helps!--The Mods
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CT and Lung Nodules
I cannot find my previous thread, but this is my newest CT scan. So far I have had them in November, January, April, and today. I had a PET in November that lit up on a couple of spots in my left lung and three level 2 cervical nodes. Currently on a watch and see. Anyone have some information on this newest scan? Not…
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CA 27.29 elevated
I finished chemo for Stage 2 ER+ Her2- about 7 months ago, then 20 rounds of radiation, and been on anastrozole and Verzenio since then. CA 27.29 was 21 about a month after chemo but was tested this week (6 months later) and has risen to just out of normal range at 41. I know these tests are not reliable on their own but…
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AST 107/ALT 203- talk me down please
Hi Everyone, Talk me down. I just moved across the country 2 weeks ago and saw my new oncologist yesterday. She wanted to get her own labs even though I had them done a month ago. My cancer diagnosis: 35 year old female Stage 1A 40% low intensity ER, 5%PR and HER2-. Finished 4 AC, 12 weekly tax/carbo 6/25/2024 (Full…
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Advanced Detection
I was reading about liquid biopsies and DNA bloodwork that would be better for detecting recurrence than tumor markers Has anyone tried this or do you know how to take advantage of this?
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Possible round 2 with cancer and scared
10 years ago I had idc stage 1 grade 2 in my right breast. Hormone receptor positive her- brca 1/2 negative Had lumpectomy, 25 rounds radiation and 5 boosts. 5 years of tamoxifen. Hysterectomy and oopherectomy in 2020 after issues with ovarian cysts and heavy bleeding. Had more genetic testing and nothing showed. Could not…
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Nervous Nelly. Breast cancer spread to lymph nodes??
Hi! I was diagnosed with low grade, multifocal IDC and finished treatment about a year ago. I was lucky and didn't need chemo (oncotype # 18), so did lumpectomy and radiation and have been taking tamoxifen. I noticed a lymph node on my neck had been swollen for a few months, so I went back to my doctor and was sent for a…
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Lung nodules and scarring
I am 6 years out from treatment and have been NED. my RO gets a chest ct yearly (I understand this is not standard of care). He goes over the scan with me every year but it goes to our radiology group for the official read. Year 5 he notices what he says is scarring in my right lower lung, in comparison to the previous…
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Seriously? First IDC, then DCIS, now possible DCIS again.
Has anyone had multiple new DCIS primaries rather than recurrences? I had IDC in my left breast (treated with lumpectomy and radiation ) in 2011, DCIS in left breast (treated with left-side mastectomy) in 2021, and today my radiologist found new calcifications in my right breast. I'm having a biopsy on Wednesday. She…
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Found hard lump directly on rib
Hello, I has been 13 years since I had mastectomy without reconstruction on one side for dcis grade 3. I had failure to get margins a couple times so made decision for the mastectomy. I have zero regrets for my choices and have barely thought about this in the last 13 years. So, yesterday I was doing exercises in front of…
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Elevated CA 15-3, Stage 3, without metastases
Hello everyone, July 2024 – Diagnosis: breast cancer ER+ / HER2 negative, with lymph node involvement, no metastases, stage IIIA. I had a CT, MRI, and PET-CT before starting chemotherapy. August 2024 – I started chemotherapy, but before that I measured CA 15-3, which was elevated at 74 U/ml. It increased up to 92 halfway…