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Forum: Older Than 60 Years Old With Breast Cancer

Meet other women who are similar in age and dealing with age-appropriate issues.

• Older Women Treated With Hormone Therapy May Not Need Radiation

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  Created by: Moderators on May 19, 2015 08:00AM

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• Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

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  Created by: Northstar on Feb 7, 2009 06:29PM

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• thread for middle age to older Christian women.

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  Created by: spar2 on Mar 19, 2010 01:30PM

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• Some Older Women W/ Early-Stage HR+ May Be Able to Skip Rads

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  Created by: Moderators on Dec 23, 2020 02:11PM

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• Reducing Treatment Seems Safe for Older Women With Early, HR+ BC

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  Created by: Moderators on May 5, 2021 02:24PM

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• Can Some Older Women With Early HER2+ BC Skip Chemo?

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  Created by: Moderators on Nov 5, 2020 11:28AM

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• Triple Negative BC & Older Women

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  Created by: tos on Mar 4, 2009 11:40AM

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• 2nd mammogram after diagnosis

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• 1st Screening Mammo Guidelines for Older Survivors

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  Created by: Moderators on Feb 17, 2021 03:53PM

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• Simple mastectomy no reconstruction.

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• 72 year old Lady with 2cm lump TNBC- Have questions

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  Latest post: Jan 30, 2021 11:55AM by LW422

• Anxious about my surgery/reconstruction decision

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• Love for Chrissy

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  Created by: goldie0827 on Apr 8, 2020 07:35PM

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• For Older People with Sense

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  Created by: chrissyb on Mar 23, 2011 02:03AM

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• Two weeks after surgery - pain under upper arm

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• arimidex-side effects

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• HER2 positive, at age 64

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• One Year Ago Yesterday...

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  Created by: CinnamonSpice on Jul 11, 2020 03:18PM

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• Opting out of Adjunt Therapy for Stage 1 Breast Cancer

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• Tamoxifen causing major facial break out past menopause. Age 66

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• double mastectomy

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  Created by: lilacplane68 on Oct 28, 2009 08:19PM

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