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Ductal carcinoma. Can surgery cause cancer to spread?
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I did not have chemo, radiation or any other treatments after my DMX. I did have clear margins. I think that's why, after 5 years, chance of recurrence is much less. If it were going to spread, it would within those 5 years.
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I wish I would’ve have let a surgeon talk me out of having A double mastectomy. Ended up having a lumpectomy to remove two tumors and seven lymph nodes December 2021. Now exactly 3 years later my liquid biopsy came back positive for circulating tumor DNA in my blood. now I’m talking about double mastectomy again but we don’t even know if that’s where the shedding in my bloodstream of the circulating DNA is coming from it scares me to think it could be coming from another organ that I don’t know. I’m really scared about having the surgery too though
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@meeshodge that is true for hormone negative cancers. If you make it five years, I have read, chances of recurrence are low. However with hormone positive cancers, risk continues to rise, according to my doctor. I am 10 years out from a hormone positive cancer and worry remains, though I try to keep it on the back burner.