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Anybody had a contralateral breast cancer (cancer in other breast)?
Hello - I had a SMX on my left breast 2 years ago and now, it appears that a mass/cancer showed up on my right breast. I have a biopsy next week and the oncologist seems certain it is cancerous. I am on AI for the past 2 years. Has anybody had a contralateral breast cancer show up? Research shows that this is considered a new primary and not a recurrence. I am thinking they might want me to change to tamoxifen from exemestane.
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In March 2025 I had a lumpectomy for Lcis ( left breast) and 'am on exemestane. Oct 2003 I had IDC ( right breast) with + nodes ( chemo, radiation) and exemestane for 5 years.
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1 Reaction@kategiddyup Wow - that was 22 years NED. Very good record. So I guess you stopped exemestane after the 5 years in 2003? It is so unpredictable....Good luck to you!!
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Yes, in 2020 I had low grade adeno squamous metaplastic carcinoma in one breast and then in 2024 I had invasive ductal carcinoma in the other breast. Then at the end of 2024 I had Basal cell carcinoma on my face. I will always wonder if the radiation played a part in the second breast cancer and the skin cancer.
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2 Reactions@thora902, how are you doing? What was the result of the biopsy?
@katrina123 same time frame with me. I also had colon cancer in 2016. Cancer every four years since. Then a genetic test (my mom had cancer twice, uterine and colon) revealed I have a hereditary pathogenic gene with a list of tests suggested yearly. I wonder what next. (I also had basal cell and squamous cell 30 years ago - I blamed those on the sun).
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2 Reactions@colleenyoung Hi Colleen, the result was not cancer. It was a fibroadenoma? I have really dense, lumpy breasts. I had 5 biopsies on my left breast before my SMX with two of them being cancer. My oncologist already scheduled me in before my biopsy thinking it was cancerous. Thanks for asking.
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1 ReactionSorry you're dealing with this. May I ask what your original diagnosis was? I'm not familiar with this type of situation but every story is valuable to the rest of us.
I have contralateral breast cancer. 13 years ago I had stage 1 estrogen/progesterone positive bc in my left breast and was treated with lumpectomy, radiation and tamoxifen for 5 years. This past January I was diagnosed with TNBC in my right breast. I have no genetic or familial factors.
I’m shocked as it’s not common.
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