Breast Cancer Support Group

What is considered "local recurrence" post-mastectomy? If the cancer recurs in the skin or muscle of mastectomy side, wouldn't that be stage 4? Does local...

I was just diagnosed w/DCIS & IDC in my right breast. Unfortunately the masses are so large that lumpectomy is out of the question. I...

Hello all, I have been diagnosed with stage 1 ductal carcinoma w/ 1 node affected. My oncotype score was 27. I have had 8 rounds...

I had DCIS in 2007 in the right breast with lumpectomy and radiation. I then had IDC in 2018 in left breast with lumpectomy and...

April 17 I had the double mastectomy and same day silicone replacements after a lumpectomy with three unclear margins (total area of DCIS was approximately...

I have had bilateral breast cancer and I have the CHEK2 mutation. I have had lumpectomies in both breasts and just found out about the...

Marker elevated after 2 years since lumpectomy. Also had mastectomy 23 years ago. Never heard of this 27 29 marker. Oncologist wants bone and cat...

Did anyone smell their cancer before diagnosis? For months I kept smelling a strong ammonia-type smell and would have prickly heat waking me in the...

It seems that it is standard procedure to skip over lumpectomies and mastectomies for MBC and go directly to drugs. I can’t find an explanation...

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...