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Using the information you and others share, you can find others based on: 📍Location (ex: lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 🌍Demographic (ex. is Black or African-American) 🧬Diagnosis (ex: diagnosed in the last year with stage II, ER+, PR+, HER2- breast cancer) 💊Treatment (ex: has been treated with a unilateral…
Were you diagnosed with breast cancer at age 45 or younger? Or are you caring for someone who was? Navigating this experience can be lonely — it can sometimes feel like no one gets it. What do you wish others knew about having breast cancer at a young age? What do you wish you had known? Your answers may help others. Click…
At Breastcancer.org, we often hear how much nurses mean to people going through breast cancer. It’s the nurse who often explains the diagnosis and treatments to you in simple language, helps manage your side effects, offers you reassurance, and connects you with the care you need. Nurses are also a source of emotional…
Hello, I'm Jamie, senior editor at Breastcancer.org and host of The Breastcancer.org Podcast. I'd like to make sure the podcast is answering questions that Community members have. Are there topics you'd like to see covered? Experts you think I should talk to? Do you want to share your story? Questions you want answered?…
Getting diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary. If you had a chance to share with a newbie one piece of advice to get them through, what would it be? Choose from the options below or add your own in the discussion to give new folks a sense of calm and understanding.
Researchers at Mass General Brigham, Dana-Farber, and Harvard Medical School are exploring how AI chatbots can make clinical trial consent easier to understand. They’re inviting adult cancer patients across the U.S. to join a virtual focus group and share their ideas. Participants will receive a $100 gift card. Spots are…
I was diagnosed Breast Cancer , ER+ 90, PR-, KI67-30% Tumor 1.8cm, her2 negative, ALAND lymph notes 3/6 positive found from surgery. stage 2, I have done surgery 07/30/2025. Oncotype score 14, UT Southwester Hospital provided the treatment with T 12 time once a week, and AC 4 times, every two weeks. Radiation 30 days. I…
If you have taken Ibrance or Kisqali or another CDK 4/6 inhibitor, I would appreciate hearing about your experience. I recently had to stop Verzenio because of unmanageable side effects. Oncologist wants me to consider an alternative in that drug class.
Please start a new post/discussion for a targeted therapy that you'd like to discuss, if you don't see it here already, so others can join in with their experiences. Note: If you are Stage IV (metastatic), there are many threads addressing these medications for Stage IV patients in the Stage IV forum you may find helpful.…
Hi there i just need to vent my fears. Not even 2 years with MBC and i am about to quit all treatments. Emotional Yo-Yo takes tall. Back in 2016 chemos were rough but i was going for the win. But this time around is different. There is no end of treatment and there is no win per se. I am lost and scared that my next option…
Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone with stage 2 ILC was prescribed CDK 4 6 inhibitor. My sister was diagnosed with stage 2 ILC. Her oncologist prescribed her only AI but another doctor that she got second opinion from recommended CDK 4 6 inhibitors + AI because her ILC is 100% estrogen positive . Did anyone with early…
I’m sure this info is buried deep in the various stage iv threads, but I’m hoping people will post their experiences and success stories here. I think the median from the initial studies was about 2 years, but obviously there is more real world experience as time passes. Thank you!
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…
Hi I had her2 neg er+ breast cancer in 2018. In 2022 i had recurrence in my bones (all over with 3 collapsed vertebrae) and liver. I was on ribociclib and letrozole that worked really well, pet was negative and most metastasis disappear. In August I had liver recurrence. Blood test and markers are ok and i feel well so i…
Those with HR+, HER2- MBC may find this interesting! The Phase 3 SONIA study of 1,050 patients with HR+, HER2- MBC evaluated progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) from the initiation of first line treatment through failure of second line treatment. It compared two groups of patients. One group took the…
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