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CEA levels: I need some reassurance
My mother was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer on January 20 of this year. Her CEA level was normal (2.6; her hospital has a normal...
The in-between life and death cancer
The In-Between Do you feel this way to?I’m 36. I have two kids and stage 4 triple-negative breast cancer. I live in the in-between—not at...
Choosing chemo or not at an advanced age: Thoughts?
My mother recently had a double mastectomy.One breast was a triple negative.Although the tests from the removal of the first lymphnodes came back clear, they...
Has anyone forgone sentinel node biopsies?
I am a newly diagnosed 66-year-old woman. I have IDC 8mm found by a twice-a-year check - one is a mammogram, and the other is...
My experience with proton beam therapy & breast cancer
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2016 - Stage 1A, triple positive, 1.5 cm, left breast, sentinel lymph node was negative. I chose...
48 years old with stage 1 ILC - Tamoxifen Advice
Hello! I'm 48, diagnosed with stage 1, grade 1 ILC in Feb 2023 after 9th annual routine mammogram. Lumpectomy in April and 3 weeks of...
Why don’t we all get full body scans? Why do they try to ration scans?
I’m 52 w right breast stage 1A er/pr+ her2- Oncotype is 0 ki67 was ~5% no positive lymph nodes in the 2 that were taken....
Robot-assisted Nipple Sparing Mastectomy (NSM): My recovery journey
I underwent a preventative mastectomy at the Mayo clinic in Rochester. I participated in the DaVinci clinical trial. I didn't find a lot of information...
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