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Anyone had breast tumor invade the chest wall muscle?

Posted by kamra @kamra, Feb 22, 2023

Has anyone had breast tumor invade the chest wall muscle? What was treatment? Thank you.

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sagey | @sagey | Dec 5, 2025
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@sagey, sounds like your cancer responds well to Letrozole and that it helped the surgery be successful. How long will you be on Letrozole after surgery?

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@colleenyoung I was told 5-10 years.

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jardinera25 | @jardinera25 | Jan 3 10:13pm
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I'm curious how you are doing now. I'm in a nearly identical situation. I finished chemo in early January and was getting ready to start radiation when we found a recurrence in the chest wall that may be in the intercostal area of my ribs. I've been referred to a surgeon who specializes in breast surgery, just yesterday, so I haven't seen her yet. I'm freaking out!

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@debcor Hi again, I'm wondering what you and your surgeon decided to do about the recurrence in your rib area? I have an appointment soon with the Proton Radiologist to see if I'm a candidate for that. Hope things have turned out well for you.

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jardinera25 | @jardinera25 | Apr 25 4:01pm
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I'm curious how you are doing now. I'm in a nearly identical situation. I finished chemo in early January and was getting ready to start radiation when we found a recurrence in the chest wall that may be in the intercostal area of my ribs. I've been referred to a surgeon who specializes in breast surgery, just yesterday, so I haven't seen her yet. I'm freaking out!

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@debcor Can you give any updates on whether you had surgery for your chest wall BC? My understanding is the only kind of surgery I could get would involve removing a rib(s?) to get at the tumor, and replacing with titanium...really invasive. My Doc says they don't do that at my Seattle Hospital. The weird thing is that this tumor "recurred" & grew to about 9mm (longish & skinny) under the ribs over a period of 30 years, without metastasizing. Amazing. It's now down to 7mm, but still there. The usual drugs are giving me lots of debilitating side effects. I'm 76 & feel like I've aged a lot in the last 3 years of treatment; not sure what to do. Might try verzenio, but no more AI's, SERD, or Tamoxifen. How are you doing?

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jmab | @jmab | Apr 26 12:39pm
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@debcor Can you give any updates on whether you had surgery for your chest wall BC? My understanding is the only kind of surgery I could get would involve removing a rib(s?) to get at the tumor, and replacing with titanium...really invasive. My Doc says they don't do that at my Seattle Hospital. The weird thing is that this tumor "recurred" & grew to about 9mm (longish & skinny) under the ribs over a period of 30 years, without metastasizing. Amazing. It's now down to 7mm, but still there. The usual drugs are giving me lots of debilitating side effects. I'm 76 & feel like I've aged a lot in the last 3 years of treatment; not sure what to do. Might try verzenio, but no more AI's, SERD, or Tamoxifen. How are you doing?

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@jardinera25 Not sure where you're being treated, but I had my lumpectomy done at Fred Hutch in Seattle last October. They were fantastic! Would you consider getting a 2nd opinion? Having another oncologist look at your situation might be very helpful in your decision-making. A new set of eyes. (Also, for what it's worth, I'm 72 & take a half-dose (10mg) of Tamoxifen & don't have any real issues.)

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