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Detecting cancer in women with dense breasts: MRI?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jun 5 7:54am | Replies (168)

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@katrina123

I had the same experience. Any time you have dense breasts please fight for a lot of imaging. I just had my second primary breast cancer in 4 years. I believe that 4 years ago I already had the second cancer but they could not see it clearly because I had dense breasts.
I really did not want to go to the dermatologists today after just getting over my second bout of breast cancer in 4 years but I forced myself. She took a look at the area on my face and immediately thought that it was
a basal cell carcinoma. She took the biopsy and I will find out in a couple of weeks what it is. This is so exhausting. Really, could I have yet another cancer? At this point I am just praying that it is just an early basal cell carcinoma and not a breast cancer metastasis that has gone to my face.

Have any of ever heard of a breast cancer metastasizing to your facial skin?

At this point I am so constantly worried.

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My endocrinologist told me that breast cancer likes to metastasize to the bones. My twice a year Prolia injections are a good protection against that, he says.
I haven’t heard of it going to the skin, but my dermatologist said I shouldn’t be surprised to find new growths (not cancerous ) popping up randomly on my body.