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I started Ibrance with anastrozole three months ago after a recurrence of invasive lobular cancer with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/788429/

Discussion: Metastatic Breast Cancer treatment options

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 24, 2022

Hi, I had a mastectomy in 2020; no radiation was offered a pill to try to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/758373/

Discussion: New PET scan questions

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 7, 2022

Hello.. I am also stage four since 2022. Being given this diagnosis is devastating. My metastisis...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/836597/

Discussion: Recurrent Breast cancer & bone metastasis: What questions to ask?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 3, 2023

I have afib. My onc wanted me on Kisqali, I said no because of the possible...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1355090/

Discussion: Kisqali and Letrozole have heart issues?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2025

@maliamd In regard to your low WBC. Mine is low from Kisqali which is like Ibrance....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/968093/

Discussion: My Mets Breast Cancer Story: Questions about Low WBC, spots on liver

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 20, 2023

@ebtexas55 Thank you for your response and suggestion. I’ve been keeping track myself for 4.5 years...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1355577/

Discussion: Kisqali and Letrozole have heart issues?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2025

@brighterdays I started on Letrozole 2 weeks after I finished my final, 37th, radiation treatment. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/911531/

Discussion: If you had radiation, when did you start hormone therapy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 12, 2023

Hi @tamborazo -- I'm sorry to hear about your friend. That's a pretty large tumor, but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/862999/

Discussion: Male breast cancer with bone metastasis

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 19, 2023

At 54 I had stage 1 BC, had a double mastectomy because I have BRCA2 and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1439278/

Discussion: Does anyone have advice on Letrozole?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 15, 2025

Hi everyone, I have posted a few things here before and thought I’d share my updates...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/768789/

Discussion: Metastatic breast cancer: Anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 3, 2022

Hi @jsclarkfnp1 I had stage 1 breast cancer BRCA2+ in 2013. Had a mastectomy as only...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/854433/

Discussion: Is getting a CT scan & bone scan standard for early breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 4, 2023

I had a positive margin in my chest wall (recurrent cancer post mastectomy Ki-67 50% very...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1320982/

Discussion: Surgeon missed the margins. 2nd surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 5, 2025

I had invasive lobular carcinoma inMarch 2009 at 5 o’clock on right breast. No lymph node...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858957/

Discussion: Anyone with invasive lobular cancer stage 4 that has metastasized?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 12, 2023

Hi Sharon, my name is LeeAnn. I am 55 years old and last year June 2020,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/640978/

Discussion: Ibrance and Letrozole: Newly Diagnosed Treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 1, 2021

I have DCIS with invasive cells, stage 1a, grade 2-3 (not lobular BC). Even before surgery,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1263242/

Discussion: Stage 1 lobular breast cancer, anyone no treatment after surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 21, 2025

Hi Joy! You've already had your share of cancer stuff for sure. After reading your story,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/843275/

Discussion: Survivorship/Care after treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 14, 2023

Hello all! Jumping on to share my experience on Anastrozole (also known as Arimadex). I think...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/666926/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 1, 2022

Hello @shireen71 , I was diagnosed de novo ER/PR+, HER2 low lobular MBC in January 2022....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1043681/

Discussion: Ca25-29 and CA 15-3: One marker going up and the other down?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 1, 2024

Hello @jpb, like @mom23boys i was diagnosed stage 4 de nova June 2020 at 54 years...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/820576/

Discussion: MBC What did you experience when 1st line treatment stopped working?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 4, 2023

Hi @sirene In response to your questions, my original diagnosis was stage 1A 7mm, no lymph...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1046585/

Discussion: Surgeon missed the margins. 2nd surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 7, 2024