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I was first diagnosed in 2003 with DCIS and had a double mastectomy ( my choice) followed by a Tram flap reconstruction and my oncologist said That I didn’t need chemo or radiation and was released. Exactly 20 years after my first cancer I went to Dr after having pain in my left breast and was diagnosed with cancer again. They did a study and it wasn’t the same cancer reoccurrence, they believe it was in the skin flap from my abdominal muscle they used for reconstruction and excess estrogen caused second cancer.

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I'm so sorry to hear this and hope your team has a plan to attack! Were you on any anti estrogen meds after your surgery? They now believe many of us post menopausal cancer survivors will need to take AI's for 10 years.