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How will I know if symptoms are a possible reccurence?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Apr 17 8:57pm | Replies (17)
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This article gives some hope to those of us who worry about recurrence, but I hope they get it on the market in the near future (which seems like it never happens.):
https://www.icr.ac.uk/news-archive/research-uncovers-how-to-target-sleeping-breast-cancer-cells-and-prevent-relapse?fbclid=IwAR30J3Q-rBjOi2h653iqloUDgUD-2TV6B9qUjB2G1uLrSk2Mnxb12SCW4OY_aem_Ac_UcOuM91zMYSJF2X-kEA47-wtYrIKVQjcqT08TocMmdZp6Z-yVPtB2EKZR2x9liFgCGfYbeVjOTOcI-CDMi9za

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Rom828 | @jgallagher04921 | Apr 16 4:36am

Thank you! This is a great reminder for everyone the importance of supporting cancer research if able.

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windyshores | @windyshores | Apr 16 8:52am

So for ER+ cancers, cells can become dormant and evade treatment. This targeted treatment might be able to avoid that problem and even prevent us from having to do up to 10 years of anti-hormone treatment. Interesting.

I asked my oncologist about Signatera but they don't use it for detecting recurrence, only to monitor treatment of reoccurrence.

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Chris, Volunteer Mentor | @auntieoakley | Apr 16 11:07am

This is VERY early and very promising research. I did read a few articles about this very topic and I am quite impressed with this line of study. There is a couple groups in the US studying it as well but it feels like something that is going to be a minute before we see any clinical applications.
Thank you for sharing.

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