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Oncotype Test
Hello, I just had my first appointment with the medical oncologist this week. I have IDC stage 1a, and had lumpectomy (that’s how they found...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 30, 2024
Any long-term success stories from those NOT taking hormone therapy?
Hello all, I'm fairly new to this forum. Have previously described my case, early 60's, Stage 1, HR +, Her2-, lumpectomy and now radiation. Soon,...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 17 11:14pm
LCIS: What treatment(s) did you choose?
Hello, I have been given the diagnosis of LCIS a few months ago, not invasive yet. After reading posts about invasive lobular carcinoma and that...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 17, 2023
few questions about LCIS
Hello! I'm Malena, (44 years old, perimenopausal,"third-degree relative with a history of canceR) and I’ve been diagnosed with LCIS. I have a few questions: How...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 18, 2025
100% ER+ 100% PR+ HERS2- How common is the 100% diagnosis?
When I went to Mayo for a second opinion they saw my initial diagnosis of 100%ER+ 100%PR+ and said that would probably change when they...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 30, 2023
Amer. Soc. of Clinical Oncologists daily updates
I'm cross-posting this in the hopes that others interested, who don't already know about ASCO, check it out. The daily posts review much of the...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 18, 2022
After treatment
Hi Surgeries are done radiation is done starting tamoxifen I feel lost after living this for 6 months I was so happy the night I...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 21, 2024
Bilateral Mastectomy without Reconstruction Recovery Timeline
I'm going to be having a bilateral mastectomy without reconstruction and I'd love to hear from others who have gone through this about your recovery...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 27, 2023
Can anyone help with post mastectomy pain syndrome?
I had a double mastectomy two years ago, after a lumpectomy 7 years before that, I needed chemo and radiation both times. My first was...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 18, 2024
Early 40s trying to decide if hormone therapy is worth it
Hi. I am trying to figure out a hard decision - thought I would maybe have kids later in life and then I got breast...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 29, 2023
Exemestane and Anastrozole
Diagnosed with Her2 triple+ September 2019. After chemo and radiation, took Anastrozole for 1 1/2 months, experienced diarrhea then after 3 week rest began Exemestane...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 22, 2024
Heart and lung conditions post breast cancer radiation
My cardiologist implanted a loop monitor a few weeks ago after I had a TIA last December possibly caused by Tamoxifen and an undetected clotting...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 20, 2025
Alpha Lipoic Acid, physician recommended?
Is anyone taking Alpha Lipoic Acid with a doctor’s recommendation? My PCP suggested I might want to take it for brain health as I’ve had...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 8, 2024
Ovary removal screwing up my blood work
I'm 54 - ER, PR + and HER2 -. I had a double mastectomy in 23 , no chemo or radiation and had my ovaries...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jul 24, 2025
Should I take AI considering all the side effects?
I have invasive ductal CA, stage 2, with DCIS in situ. Prognosis was very favorable since caught early and was small. Lumpectomy was done in...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 16, 2024
Estradiol for vaginal atrophy after breast cancer. Is it safe?
I have developed severe atrophy 25 years after estrogen receptive breast cancer. Did chemo, radiation and 5 years of Tamoxifen. I was always told NO...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 1, 2025
Periods Post Oopherectomy
Hello, I am a 46 yo woman who was diagnosed with Stage 2 B invasive ductal carcinoma in 2020. I had bilateral mastectomies and chemo,...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 26, 2023
Does Mayo Clinic have oncologists who specialize in Lobular BC?
My search continues. The doctors I have found so far who really get ILC (few and far between) are out of state. Now 56, 5...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 21, 2023
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) after breast cancer treatments
Hi from OregonI was diagnosed two weeks before my 33rd birthday in March of 2016.I had left breast mastectomy with axillary lymphnode dissection without reconstruction...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 14 1:21pm
Breast Cancer 2nd time and hysterectomy
Hi All, Hope all are doing good. I am diagnosed with breast cancer in left breast in Oct last year and Mastectomy was done Nov...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 2, 2024