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Navigating a Borderline Phyllodes Tumor Diagnosis at 22
Hi everyone, I'm a 22-year-old facing a recent diagnosis of a borderline phyllodes tumor, and I could use some guidance and support. On 11/10, I noticed a tumor, leading to a biopsy on 11/14. The biopsy results were inconclusive due to uncertainty between fibroadenoma and phyllodes tumor. Following this, a lumpectomy on…
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Oophorectomy & hysterectomy experiences
Hello! I'm due to have a hysterectomy and oophorectomy due to the damage 7 years on Tamoxifen has done. I'm 48 so not quite hit menopause yet although the Tamoxifen has given some sort of menopause. My question is has anyone else had the procedure and how did they get on? I made the mistake of googling ...I'll never learn!…
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The Benefits of Exercise for People Living With Metastatic Disease
The Benefits of Exercise for People Living With Metastatic Disease Dec 8, 2023 Dr. Anne May explains how exercise helps ease metastatic breast cancer side effects. In 2022, the American Society of Clinical Oncology released guidelines on exercise for people being treated for early-stage cancer. But when those guidelines…
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Breastcancer.org Research Conferences Coverage
Breastcancer.org is dedicated to bringing you the latest in breast cancer research by sending our reporters to get boots-on-the-ground breaking information at annual breast cancer conferences whenever possible. Here, we'll share our coverage and this thread will be updated as necessary in real time — make sure to bookmark…
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Research With Immediate Impact at 2023 SABCS
Research With Immediate Impact at 2023 SABCS Dec 8, 2023 Dr. Matthew Goetz tells us about the research that will change the way he talks to his patients. The 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium featured five days of research presentations, educational sessions, and advocacy meetings. Dr. Matthew Goetz, noted breast…
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Being in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Trial
Being in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Dec 7, 2023 Metastatic breast cancer advocate Dr. Kelly Shanahan shares what it’s like to be part of a clinical trial. Dr. Kelly Shanahan, trained as an OB/GYN, has been living with metastatic breast cancer for 10 years. For many years, she tried to join a clinical trial.…
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Pregnancy Safe After Breast Cancer in Young Women With BRCA Mutation
Pregnancy Safe After Breast Cancer in Young Women With BRCA Mutation Dec 13, 2023 Having a child is safe for both mother and baby if women with a BRCA mutation get pregnant after a breast cancer diagnosis. Read more…
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What Improves Sexual Well-Being After Breast Cancer? Many Women Say Self-Help
What Improves Sexual Well-Being After Breast Cancer? Many Women Say Self-Help Dec 11, 2023 When it comes to sexual functioning, many women with a history of breast cancer help themselves. Read more…
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False-Positive Mammogram Result May Signal Higher Breast Cancer Risk
False-Positive Mammogram Result May Signal Higher Breast Cancer Risk Dec 11, 2023 Women with a false-positive mammogram result had a 61% higher risk of breast cancer in the next 20 years. Read more…
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Increasing CA 27-29 markers
Hi everyone, I am sure this has been asked before but I am concerned and not sure what to do. My CA-27-29 markers have been slowly increasing over the past few months. They were at 14, then went to 21, then to 29. I know they are still in the normal range but they are going up. I had asked my MO about this and were not…
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14 years out!
hello sisters, this site helped me so much when I was going through treatment. Just wanted to come here and post that yesterday marked my 14 years of surviving stage 3a. i have five pos nodes, one with extranodal extension. did chemo, radiation, bilat mastectomy, and also oopherectomy. still taking letrozole. currently…
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Tamoxifen - encouragment to keep going?
I know there are a lot of posts around tamoxifen. I've been on it for a year and I feel like I should feel lucky because I don't have a lot of the long list of side effects. However, I do have severe depression that started after maybe a month of being on it. I went off after 3 months to see if it really was the tamoxifen…
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6 month breast MRI
Hi! I am 46 with history of total hysterectomy. I’m not on any hormone treatments. I have not been diagnosed with breast cancer, but I have had 2 left breast biopsies, both which came back Fibroadenoma. I go back at the end of December for my 6 month MRI f/u. The first MRI had allll the characteristics of cancer….washout,…
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Waiting for my biopsy - possibility of third breast cancer
I had my first breast cancer diagnosed 12/2007. I had a lumpectomy and radiation. As part of my follow up, I alternated between mammogram and ultrasound and MRI every six months. All was good until 12/2015 - almost 8 years to the date - when there was a non mass enhancement near the lumpectomy site on my MRI. I had a…
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Experiencing itching/tingling/tickling sensation behind only one nipple
I cannot find much information on this, and have been experiencing this for the last 2-3 months and it happens frequently throughout each day. In the past, dense tissue has prompted my doc to follow up with repeat mammos. No other obvious symptoms are showing up. Have a mammo with ultrasound scheduled in a few weeks.…
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Radiation after masectomy
I was diagnosed 8/2023 with 1b stage breast cancer. tumor 2.1 cm now reduced after 5 rounds of chemo to 1.8cm. Had 3 lymph nodes with cancer, after ultrasound now appear normal. Before chemo there was something working in left breast but biopsy was not performed but now gone after chemo. I am estrogen positive,…
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Chemotherapy Before Surgery May Mean Lymph Node Radiation Not Needed
Chemotherapy Before Surgery May Mean Lymph Node Radiation Not Needed Dec 5, 2023 If chemotherapy before surgery destroys cancer in the lymph nodes, radiation to the nodal area may not be needed. Read more…
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Could lymph node positive survivors share their story?
I was dx in May 2010 with IDC stage 2, grade 3, BRCA2+, ER+ with 7 positive nodes. I would like to hear from long term survivors as this has been a very scary journey. Thank you so much!!!
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Need MRI guided biopsy after my yearly MRI
I had my yearly MRI yesterday and knew something was amiss when my results were not posted in my portal the same day. A radiologist called me today to say there a small area of enhancement next to the area of my lumpectomy. An MRI guided biopsy is needed but the area is far back and they are not sure they can reach the…
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Not yet gotten testing
need some thoughts, comfort or encouragement on my current situation. I have a diagnostic mammogram and bilateral ultrasound on Wednesday but struggling with the wait. I have had severe itching of the R breast nipple and areola about a year. It was nipple, then whole areola then below the areola and it feels like a deep…
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A cure happened for a hormone positive Her2 negative stage 4 patient in a trial!
I can't believe this isn't all over the news. I know it's early and few more years are going to pass before we hear about more of these but we finally had a cure for a hormone positive stage 4 patient in a trial. It occurred in the Elaine -1 trial!!…
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Genomic Test Helps Decide Which DCIS Needs Radiation
Genomic Test Helps Decide Which DCIS Needs Radiation Dec 8, 2023 Dr. Seema Khan explains her research looking at the ability of a genomic test to help make radiation decisions for DCIS. The Oncotype DX Breast DCIS Score test is used to help people and their doctors make decisions about whether radiation after lumpectomy…
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Can Certain Younger Post-Menopausal Women With Low-Risk Breast Cancer Skip Radiation?
Can Certain Younger Post-Menopausal Women With Low-Risk Breast Cancer Skip Radiation? Dec 6, 2023 Research suggests that some younger post-menopausal women may be able to skip radiation after lumpectomy, but there are important points to consider. Read more…
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Concerning and confusing screening mammogram
49 y/o female, 110 lbs, 5’4”, Caucasian, post menopausal, on hormone replacement therapy since 2/10/2023. I went for my annual screening mammogram and screening breast ultrasound for dense breasts on Thursday and this is my mammogram report. The mammogram report is so confusing to me and am requesting help to understand…
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Recurrence after nearly 6 years
Just processing this new diagnosis. Five and a half years out from mastectomy, Had Stage I lobular as well as a small ductal tumor in right breast. Lump in armpit, took me seemingly ages to get a biopsy, which I had yesterday. Lobular cancer again. On some level I knew it wasn't the "scar tissue" people kept telling me it…
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Breast Cancer Vaccine Update
Breast Cancer Vaccine Update Dec 7, 2023 Dr. Justin Johnson explains early results from three small studies on a vaccine for triple-negative breast cancer. Dr. G. Thomas Budd, an oncologist, and Dr. Justin Johnson, an immunologist, are collaborating on research looking at a vaccine to prevent triple-negative breast cancer.…
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ART Doesn’t Increase Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
ART Doesn’t Increase Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Dec 7, 2023 Dr. Hatem Azim explains his new analysis of data from the POSITIVE trial. At the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Hatem Azim presented a new analysis of information from the POSITIVE trial, which found that younger women…
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Paxman Scalp Cooling Patient Assistance Programs
Paxman Scalp Cooling Patient Assistance Programs Dec 6, 2023 Richard Paxman explains how his company helps people pay for scalp cooling during chemotherapy. Scalp cooling can help people keep some or quite a lot of their hair when receiving a chemotherapy regime that can cause hair loss. At the 2023 San Antonio Breast…
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What You Need to Know About Lymph Node Radiation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
What You Need to Know About Lymph Node Radiation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Dec 6, 2023 Dr. Marisa Weiss explains the results of the practice-changing study showing that node-positive breast cancer that becomes node-negative after chemotherapy likely doesn’t need nodal radiation. Breast cancers that are lymph…
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Treatment After CDK4/6 Inhibitors
Treatment After CDK4/6 Inhibitors Dec 5, 2023 Medical oncologist Stephanie Graff explains the treatment options available after a CDK4/6 inhibitor stops working. CDK4/6 inhibitors are used to treat both early-stage and advanced-stage hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. The CDK4/6 inhibitors are: Ibrance…