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 Asked: 5/17/2013 My sister has Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer which has spread to the bones, and brain.
 Asked: 5/17/2013 i wanna ask if mastectomy is beneficial in metastatic breast cancer ,it is a a young friend with matastases to lungs and brain...
 Asked: 5/17/2013 One more question about the sc and post cervical nodes.
 Asked: 5/16/2013 Addendum to the question on supraclavicular or post cervical nodes.
 Asked: 5/15/2013 Can an isolated supraclavicular and/ or post cervical node be positive with axillary nodes negative and no lv invasion? Do palpable nodes in supraclvicular or...
 Asked: 5/14/2013 I was diagnose with IDC in 2005 with 33 positive nodes.
 Asked: 5/13/2013 my mother took 4 cycle of FEC chemo and then had mastectomy and then took 2 cycle of FEC chemo..on the 2nd day of her...
 Asked: 5/13/2013 Photopenic. Thanks for the recent reply directing me to a website with all kinds of different meanings to the word with different diagnosis.
 Asked: 5/13/2013 I had blood work from my pcp and ferritin was high at 400 ng.
 Asked: 5/11/2013 LAST OCTOBER DIAGNOSED STAGE IV BILATERAL BC AT THE START.
 Asked: 5/11/2013 What is photopenic meaning on a Pet scan.
 Asked: 5/11/2013 Sister was just diagnosed this year with breast cancer and immediately went to stage 4, She had spot on her spine and did biopsy which...
 Asked: 5/9/2013 If breast cancer is metastasize to the pleural an adrenal glands.
 Asked: 5/9/2013 i have recently found a metastatic LN in my supraclavicul after 2 nd day of my last chemo FEC ..my oncologist have suggested me for...
 Asked: 5/8/2013 hlw my mother is diagonosed as triple negative..but she is her neu (weakly positive 2+) is she is really a triple negative?
 Asked: 4/20/2013 relative diagnosed this year with stage 1 breast cancer and good kind.
 Asked: 4/19/2013 I was diagnosed in June 2009 with Stage 1, grade 3 IDC 1.5 cm.
 Asked: 4/18/2013 I am 75 years old and in reasonbly good health.
 Asked: 4/16/2013 I am being treated with 3 drugs for Stage IIIB breast cancer.
 Asked: 4/5/2013 Sorry, I would like to follow up on my previous post about phlegm.
 Asked: 4/5/2013 I have had stage 1 breast cancer, 1.1 cm and a low risk ODX score with supposed best possible features for under a year.
 Asked: 3/23/2013 I had stage one grade one breast cancer 13 years ago and no lymph node or sentinel nodes affected.
 Asked: 3/20/2013 Hi! I am a 39 year-old 19-mo.
 Asked: 3/19/2013 Hi I was diagnosed with ilc. I had my last ovary out so I could take arimidex. I am now reading that ilc oftentimes spreads to the uterus.
 Asked: 3/19/2013 I was diagnosed woth a recurrence 2 years ago with bone mets throughout my body.
 Asked: 3/15/2013 Is there a good diet you recommend during chemo therapy? Or, other helpful hints to abate symptoms associated with chemo treatments?
 Asked: 3/13/2013 what information or research can you give me regarding the Ketogenic diet for curing breast cancer? Is there any information from Johns Hopkins on...
 Asked: 3/12/2013 First time, Stage 1, Grade 3, Tri-Neg, Lumpectomy, no nodes, TC and rads done.
 Asked: 3/9/2013 Hello, My wife has stage 4 breast cancer and last year a brain met was surgically removed from temporal lobe.
 Asked: 3/8/2013 I am stage IV Breast Cancer with mets to the bones.
 Asked: 3/7/2013 what is the procedure like for a fine needle bone biopsy targeting the moth eaten appearance in the bone? Does this cause cancer to spread? ...
 Asked: 3/6/2013 At 34 years old, my daughter was diagnosed with HER-2 breast cancer.
 Asked: 3/5/2013 I am 65, from a recent CAT scan, what do spots on the liver mean with Stage IIIB cancer.
 Asked: 3/5/2013 Is metastatic breast cancer treatable if it is in the liver or rib bone? I have Stage 3B breast cancer and was just told...
 Asked: 3/2/2013 Have there been any human clinical trials looking at the concomitant use of aromasin and tamoxifen for mbc? (I know about the ATAC trial).
 Asked: 2/26/2013 Hi.....I have metastic triple negative breast cancer in my bones & 2 spots on my liver. My story quickly....diagnosed Oct 2010, lumpectomy, 6 x TC chemo,...
 Asked: 2/25/2013 Hello, My 46 yr old wife has stage 4 breast cancer.
 Asked: 2/25/2013 Hi. I''m a 23 year old female that had 2 lumpectomies in left breast for phyllodes borderline malignant tumor.
 Asked: 2/24/2013 Can DCIS come back after a mastectomy of the breast removed?
 Asked: 2/22/2013 Diagnosed with Stage IIIB IDC breast cancer, the MRI and other results came back stating that this is an aggressive cancer.
 Asked: 2/19/2013 Hi there, I asked a question a while ago about elevated bilirubin levels.
 Asked: 2/17/2013 I just learned my metastatic breast cancer is ER+/PR- and they haven''t been able to find out if I''m HER2 + yet because they couldn''t...
 Asked: 2/12/2013 I have sent this question in others occasion but I don’t have received answer. My sister is 49 years old diagnosed...
 Asked: 2/10/2013 How soon after initial needle biopsy diagnoses should surgery take place to achieve a good survival rate? I have at least stage 2..
 Asked: 2/10/2013 I have tumors on my brain,liver and lung with a possibility of it spreading to my bones.
 Asked: 1/26/2013 Can it show up after 12 years following treatment.
 Asked: 1/24/2013 hi there. my friend recommended i turn to the ask an expert website to receive information on a recent blood work following my breast cancer diagnosis.
 Asked: 1/23/2013 Diagnosed directly into Stage 4 with bone mets.
 Asked: 1/23/2013 Originally dx DCIS 5yrs ago Several lumpectomies, couldn''t achieve clear margins.
 Asked: 1/19/2013 Hi My daughter was diagnosed june 2012 with metaplastic carinoma breast cancer she had a lumpectomy and 18 lymph node remove and they removed all...
 Asked: 1/19/2013 Had bi-lat mastectomy with immediate reconstruction at Hopkins in 2005 for stage 1 ILC right breast.
 Asked: 1/16/2013 I have been a ER/PR+ MBC survivor since August 2008.
 Asked: 1/10/2013 In 2009 was diagnosed with "invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type" that has some lobular features.
 Asked: 1/7/2013 sorry my diagnosis was invasive pleomorphic lobular carcinoma, grade III/III, 7 cm in size, with negative but close posterior margins, lymphovascular invasion present PT3...
 Asked: 1/7/2013 I have recently been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer with very tiny spots to the liver - I had been diagnosed original with Stage III/III/c...
 Asked: 1/7/2013 Hello, I am 46 year old stage 4 breast cancer survivor.
 Asked: 1/6/2013 diagnosed with ibc dec 2010 chemo double mastecomy, radiation has had no cancer then dec 2012 biopsy chest wall cancer cells also spot...
 Asked: 1/4/2013 Recently diagnosed with Her positive mixed lobular and ductal in right breast,invasive ductal Her Negative in Left breast.ht,.Yesterday found out that hilar lymph nodes biopsy...
 Asked: 12/22/2012 Wondering about a small new lump I just found.
 Asked: 12/21/2012 Hi, my mum has just been diagnosed with liver metastasis, 3 years after her breast cancer.
 Asked: 12/21/2012 hi my mother has a triple negative metastatic breast cancer what is the best option of treatment that we can give in order to cure it....
 Asked: 12/20/2012 lillie can you please explain why a woman with a 10mm tumor with no node involvement or LVI can develop mets and how exactly the...
 Asked: 12/17/2012 I am receiving herceptin treatment now, half way done and was just wondering if anything, ie diet, lifestyle, can negate its desired effects on the...
 Asked: 12/17/2012 I had asked a question a few days ago about my cancer spreading to organs as it was found after my surgery that I had mets to one sentinal node.
 Asked: 12/15/2012 I am a bit confused over my diagnosis, as the report says i have no mets, but one of my sentinal nodes had 9mm of...
 Asked: 12/13/2012 What does "Focally positive for PR (30%,2+)" mean in terms of overall PR being pos or neg? I am looking at the pathology report for...
 Asked: 12/10/2012 rgarding my mom. Is there a way that Johns Hopkins can help...how well we have success rates for stage 4 patients of breast cancer with ER and PR possitive and HER2 negative.
 Asked: 12/10/2012 Hi I asked about my mother.. but she was not ill.
 Asked: 12/9/2012 58 year old patient was Stage IV at diagnosis of breast cancer with mets to bone.
 Asked: 12/9/2012 Hi I have written a question about my mother she is stage 4 , still histopath report for ovary is not out.
 Asked: 12/9/2012 my mother is diagnosed with krukenberg tumers in both ovaries from Invasiva lobular carcinoma of breast.
 Asked: 12/9/2012 my Mum was diagnosed Dec 2011 with stage 2 breast cancer.
 Asked: 12/1/2012 A few years ago use of epo drugs for chemo induced anemia seemed to be very popular, but it doesn''t seem to be used as much today.
 Asked: 11/30/2012 what is the usual treatment for chemo induced anemia? (hgb=8.8).
 Asked: 11/30/2012 My friend has mestastic breast cancer to lungs.
 Asked: 11/28/2012 Hi there-thank you so much for your time.
 Asked: 11/28/2012 my sister was diagnosed in June 2012 with stage 4 estrogen receptive breast cancer with bone metastasis.
 Asked: 11/24/2012 My mother is 71 and dx one year ago with breast cancer with mets to spine no organ involvement she received radiation for pain and...
 Asked: 11/20/2012 I am currently on taxol/carboplatin for bc with mets to lungs, chest wall and pectoral muscle (same side as original bc).
 Asked: 11/20/2012 Lillie, you answered my question-thank you- but i have a follow up question.
 Asked: 11/19/2012 I had stage 0 papillary breast cancer in 1994 - Mastectomy and oophorectomy.
 Asked: 11/19/2012 On my initial scans, it mentioned that my small invasive tumor had its own blood flow.
 Asked: 11/17/2012 I was treated for HER 2 neg.
 Asked: 11/17/2012 Hi There: I have been living with breast cancer since 2005.
 Asked: 11/15/2012 My mother is 65 and got diagnosed with Metastatic breast cancer.
 Asked: 11/15/2012 I got diagnosed in 2005 with breast cancer and liver mets in 2007.
 Asked: 11/14/2012 How long, after last chemo treatment possible was given, does a person have to live? My dear friend has it in her skull, ribs, hips...
 Asked: 11/14/2012 I had DCIS hormone neg. with single mastectomy 7 1/2 years ago.
 Asked: 11/13/2012 Diagnosed with Stage 2 18 months ago.
 Asked: 11/8/2012 I am 46, had TNBC stage 1, 2CM no nodes positive vascular invasion.
 Asked: 11/2/2012 My grandmother was just diagnosed with breast cancer that her doctor thinks has metastasized ot her brain.
 Asked: 11/1/2012 I was diagnosed with metasized breast cancer a year ago with mets only in the bones, have had radiation in my stomach and taking femara...
 Asked: 10/31/2012 diagnosed in 2009 with triple negative stage 1, tumor 1.9cm, grade 3.
 Asked: 10/30/2012 Can breast cancer metastasize to stomach? I am having a lot of gastric cancer symptoms.
 Asked: 10/23/2012 dx 3yrs ago at age 39 Grade1 stage 1 ..1cm IDC er+pr+ her2- Nodes 0..
 Asked: 10/23/2012 HI, my MIL was diagnosed with stage2 breast cancer 4 years ago.
 Asked: 10/21/2012 yI was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, tentatively staged as 2B (1 lump size 3.8 cm cancerous, another lump negative, third spot - very small,...
 Asked: 10/18/2012 Hello. I am 33 y/o and was dx with stage 4 ER+ breast cancer 3 months ago with mets in my lung, bone, lymph, and liver.
 Asked: 10/17/2012 Hello, Have 1.4 cm IDC in right breast.
 Asked: 10/13/2012 Does The Breast Cancer Clinic at John Hopkins do the Genetic Testing on tumors? The most recent test that looks for 7 or more factors?
 
 
 
 
 

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