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 Asked: 7/24/2006 At 44, I am the youngest of 5 sisters who are 48, 50, 52, and 54 - no brothers.
 Asked: 7/6/2006 Lillie, I lost my wife to breast cancer two years ago after a six year battle.
 Asked: 6/29/2006 I have had a few consults for prophylactic mastectomy (BRCA1+, strong family history).
 Asked: 6/28/2006 I have written before regarding my bc - age 53, one node involvement -ER/PR negative/Her negative.
 Asked: 6/22/2006 My maternal cousin and aunty have breast cancer.
 Asked: 6/19/2006 My grandmother died from breast cancer at age 42, my 1st cousin was just diagnosed with breast cancer at age 44, she could not recall...
 Asked: 6/19/2006 I was diagnoised with breast cancer at age 36.
 Asked: 6/12/2006 Dear Lily, thank you so much for this site.
 Asked: 6/6/2006 My maternal grandmother had breast cancer, both breasts.
 Asked: 6/5/2006 HI There! I am a 36 year old with some risk factors for breast cancer namely, my mom had it at 45, my grandmother at 68 and great grandmother at 66.
 Asked: 6/5/2006 My mom and aunt have both been dx with bc in the right breast post-menopausally.
 Asked: 5/30/2006 My mother turned 86 years of age this year, and her doctor no longer recommends yearly gynocological exams and mammograms.
 Asked: 5/30/2006 I had stage IV inflamatory breast cancer at 35.
 Asked: 5/26/2006 My mother just went through a lumpectomy and just went to see her medical oncologist for the first time.
 Asked: 5/23/2006 My family history is exensive. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at 47 and went through chemo and mastectomy (1 side)She has been clear for 11 years.
 Asked: 5/22/2006 Hello! I''m 39 yo diagnosed with stage IIIA BC in right breast December 05, BRCA1+, now finishing a neoajuvant chemo (4 rounds of AC +...
 Asked: 5/16/2006 I was dx 6/05 with stage 1 IDC at age 46 premeno.
 Asked: 5/14/2006 I completed treatment for stage II IDC in Feb (lumpectomy, dense-dose chemo AC/T, 33 rads) very small lesion (.5 cm) positive in 2 of 5...
 Asked: 5/14/2006 I was 28 years old when I was diagnosed with extensive DCIS and underwent a unilateral mastectomy.
 Asked: 5/4/2006 Hi I had a mammogram done 2 weeks ago.
 Asked: 5/1/2006 Hi I has lumpectomy last year age 51 grade 3 stage 1 my sister 6 years younger has just had lumpectomy also grade 3 cancer...
 Asked: 4/26/2006 I have no history of breast cancer in my family, except that my Father''s three half sisters (his Dad remarried) all had breast cancer.
 Asked: 4/26/2006 I had choriocarcinoma at 25 spread to lungs..breast cancer at 36 ..my sister had breast cancer at 39 ..and my other sister had uterian cancer at 36..
 Asked: 4/25/2006 I just found out I am BRCA 2 positive.
 Asked: 4/16/2006 My mum died of breast cancer so I don''t know if I carry any genetic gene but I am Her2 pos.
 Asked: 4/16/2006 I was diagnosed in 1992 at age 37 with Stage III invasive ductal cancer (7 postive nodes, ER negative, Grade III, highly aggressive) and underwent...
 Asked: 4/14/2006 Hi,I had lumpectomy for grade 3 invasive cancer stage 1 last March my younger sister by 6 years has just been diagnosed with 1.5cm cancer...
 Asked: 4/12/2006 I am a 52 year old with 2 sisters who have had breast cancer.
 Asked: 4/8/2006 I am a 30-year-old woman concerned about breast cancer in my family.
 Asked: 3/31/2006 hello, my mother was diagnosed bc at age 52, died at 57 (double mastectomy , chemo etc, died in 1983)...my question...I am 51, I have...
 Asked: 3/31/2006 In your opinion should I have a double mastectomy (as a preventive measure); since I am a Bracca 2 gene carrier, had breast cancer 6...
 Asked: 3/28/2006 I have been tested positive for BRCA2.
 Asked: 3/24/2006 Two incidents of breast cancer on my father''s side - one aunt in her 70''s, mets to liver, deceased.
 Asked: 3/21/2006 Hi! My wife was detected with b.c.
 Asked: 3/20/2006 I have recently been exploring preventative methods regarding BC.
 Asked: 3/19/2006 Hello, I am 43, and am BRCA2+ and understand removing the ovaries is recommended.
 Asked: 3/10/2006 My mother was diagnosed at age 48 with invasive lobular carcinoma with 5 out of 13 nodes involved.
 Asked: 3/8/2006 I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 30.
 Asked: 3/7/2006 I am 49 years old and have no children.
 Asked: 3/7/2006 My sister was diagnosed with estrogen positive breast cancer (she found out soon after her son was born).
 Asked: 3/6/2006 I am 41 y/o with DCIS and microinvasion.
 Asked: 3/5/2006 Can broccoli sprouts - 1 oz a day as I''ve been reading here - even help someone with a BRCA2 mutation or does that genetic...
 Asked: 3/5/2006 I''m a BRCA2 carrier and wonder if there are any scientific theories on what caused this genetic mutation to exist and/or how far back it...
 Asked: 3/2/2006 I have a family history of Breast Cancer on my mothers'' side.
 Asked: 3/1/2006 Thanks for your help with another question...I thought of a couple more.
 Asked: 2/24/2006 I have just been diagnosed with a phyllode tumour.Can this be hereditary?I am concerned for my daughter later (she is only 12) and wanted to...
 Asked: 2/24/2006 My mother was dx with br ca 18 yrs ago at the age of 61.
 Asked: 2/24/2006 I am adopted and do not know my family history for breast cancer - this has always concerned me.
 Asked: 2/20/2006 Thank you so much for always answering my questions.
 Asked: 2/19/2006 I have been on Evista for one year for really serious osteoporosis.
 Asked: 2/13/2006 I have a history of hidrenitis supportiva.
 Asked: 2/13/2006 I recently had a mamogram two days ago and the dr.
 Asked: 2/13/2006 My mum had breast cancer age 53yrs, did not need chemo only mastectamy, is still alive, my dad died from metastatic liver cancer age 63...
 Asked: 2/12/2006 My dad, age 77 died last week.
 Asked: 2/9/2006 How significant is risk if mother diagnosed with DCIS at 59 and paternal grandmother dx with breast cancer at 80 (not sure what kind but...
 Asked: 2/8/2006 If I am BRAC positive is the standard to have a bilateral mastectomy or has the advice changed for prevention.
 Asked: 2/8/2006 My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 48 in 1984.
 Asked: 2/6/2006 If I were found to have the BRAC 1 gene mutation as my father does, what would be the guidelines for pregnancy? I am somewhat...
 Asked: 2/5/2006 I had stage 2B breast cancer at 37.
 Asked: 2/4/2006 hi there, my mom was diagnosed back in 1978 with bc, and passed away in 1984.
 Asked: 2/4/2006 44 yr female dx 2005 for invasive, intra ductal carcinoma and lobular in sutu.
 Asked: 1/29/2006 I asked question #4 on 1/14/06 and really appreciate your response so quickly.
 Asked: 1/22/2006 My 49 yr. old identical twin was diagnosed with Stage IIA lobular carcinoma in her L Breast with 1 positve node, and focal areas of lobular hyperplasia in her R breast.
 Asked: 1/18/2006 Is there a test for Li-Fraumeni? Also, if P53 was negative in my breast cancer, does that mean it will always be negative and does...
 Asked: 1/16/2006 My 70 yr. old mother has just been diagnosed with breast cancer.
 Asked: 1/14/2006 Hi-I''m 33 years old and recently diagnosed with Infilatrating Ductal Carcinoma -My tumor was the size of 1.4 cm, staged T1NoMx with a total of...
 Asked: 1/12/2006 My sister tested postive for BRAC-2 genetic cancer-she has had breast cancer twice and now battling ovarian cancer.
 Asked: 1/9/2006 Do you know of any organizations which can help me convince my insurance company to authorize prophalactic mastectomy?
 Asked: 1/6/2006 I am 47 & never had any problems with breast cysts or ovarian fibroids/cysts but my mammo last year & subsequent ultrasound a few months...
 Asked: 1/5/2006 Both my mother and my aunt (my mother''s sister)had breast carcinoma.
 Asked: 12/26/2005 I resently underwent a lumpectomy of the right breast and the tissue surrounding the breast.
 Asked: 12/26/2005 My mother developed breast cancer at the age of 42, in 1958 and died ten years later from a recurrance.
 Asked: 12/23/2005 So if I can get a bilateral preventive mastectomy because of the BRCA 1 or 2 gene positive or family hx.
 Asked: 12/23/2005 My grandmother-maternal at 65-clear for 7yrs after mastectomy, aunt-maternal 43 had lumpectomy,and now mom have breast cancer at 52.
 Asked: 12/19/2005 I have a significant family history for cancer: Mother had lumpectomy, older sister had lumpectomy followed by rads, I had lumpectomy and CAF and rads,...
 Asked: 12/16/2005 I have a question about survival rate.
 Asked: 12/11/2005 I have a history of breast cancer on my mothers side of the family including a half sister and also her daughter.
 Asked: 12/8/2005 I was diagnosed earlier this year with DCIS right breast at 44 years old.
 Asked: 12/6/2005 My mother had three primary cancers: breast cancer at 45 (left mastectomy, intraductal papillary comedocarconima witha small forcus of invasive ductal carcinoma), 55 (right breast...
 Asked: 12/1/2005 I am 32 and was recently diagnosed with DCIS grade 1 and 2 with focal necrosis, from a stereotactic biopsy.
 Asked: 11/28/2005 Hello, If my mother had breast cancer before menopause (age 36) and I also had BC in both breasts before menopause, does that mean that...
 Asked: 11/28/2005 I had a right mastectomy in June for 2 small IDC tumors (both under 1 cm - one was grade 2 and the other grade...
 Asked: 11/20/2005 I have noticed a black discharge if I touch or squeeze my breasts.
 Asked: 11/15/2005 I am 35 years old. My Mom was diagnosed with Breast CA at age 62 (stage 0 in situ, calcifications found via mammogram, leading to biopsy).
 Asked: 11/15/2005 Can you give me the diagnose and proceedure coding for the BRAC1 testing so I can find out if my insurance company will pay for this..
 Asked: 11/3/2005 As a breast cancer patient it is curious to me that although I am asked whether other family members have had breast cancer, when I...
 Asked: 10/30/2005 Hi, I am 29 year old female, I just found a knot under my left arm pit (the lower part) it is painful, I have noticed it there for two weeks or so.
 Asked: 10/29/2005 I am 32 years old with 2 kids.
 Asked: 10/27/2005 I have recently been diagnosed with DCIS in one breast.
 Asked: 10/27/2005 I am a BC survivor and do not have a family history of BC or ovarian cancer.
 Asked: 10/25/2005 I am 28 years old. My paternal grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34.
 Asked: 10/17/2005 My mother was 65 when diagnosed w/breast cancer.
 Asked: 10/11/2005 I am 43 y.o. with 2 first degree relatives (mom and sister)who were diagnosed pre-menopausal with invasive stage 1 breast cancer (they were aged 47 & 41 respectively).
 Asked: 10/3/2005 I''m 54. My paternal grandma (deceased), my mother (deceased), my older sister, and I have all had bc for at least 3 years each, and none died of bc.
 Asked: 10/3/2005 My mother''s sister had ductile adrenal carcinoma resulting in a mastectomy so I have regular checkups.
 Asked: 9/29/2005 My mother had breast cancer at 48 and again at 58, good news is she is alive and healthy now at 70, bad news is...
 Asked: 9/23/2005 My Mom and my aunt are identical twins.
 Asked: 9/23/2005 ILC at age 47, positive for brca2, although only family history is paternal 1st cousin.
 Asked: 9/19/2005 I am a 37 yr old black female.
 Asked: 9/16/2005 A woman with brca2 gene, her mother and sister and cousin died of breastcancer.
 
 
 
 
 

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