Second or Third Breast Cancer

For those confronting a new primary diagnosis or undergoing treatment.

Cant Help Feeling Like I Did Something Wrong
I was diagnosed a week and a half ago with a second primary, which "luckily" is DCIS. My first primary--IDC--was ten years ago. I was told by the breast surgeon who did my lumpectomy in 2011, as well as my current radiologist that it's a new primary rather than a recurrence. I'm not sure how they can tell. Regardless, I…
How common is a 2nd cancer in other breast?
Just when I was starting to feel good about being 4 yrs and 2 months out of Stage I IDC, I talked to someone last night that said, usually if you have BC in one breast, you get it eventually in the other. This woman had early stage at 47 in right breast and in left breast at 54--does anyone know the statistics on this?

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