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| Asked: 9/6/2006
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my original stage 1 cancer found at age 37, surgery, and radiation only. |
| Asked: 9/6/2006
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My mother who is 60 has metastatic breast cancer in her spine and in at least one spot on her hip. |
| Asked: 9/6/2006
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Hi, my mother lives with me...In 2000 was diagnose with Breast Cancer, had chemo and radiation after she had a lumpectomy followed by tamoxifen. |
| Asked: 9/6/2006
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A good friend of mine, age 37, recently went through treatment (about a year ago) for breast cancer. |
| Asked: 9/5/2006
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A very good friend was dx last year with IDC. |
| Asked: 9/1/2006
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Radiography results are inconclusive, but there is "reason to believe" that my BC has spread to my humerus, pelvis and spine. |
| Asked: 9/1/2006
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My best friend has been battling breast cancer for over 15 years. |
| Asked: 9/1/2006
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Is mets research a priority with physicians and scientists or are we just "written off" as too late, shouldn''t we be seeing advancement in survival... |
| Asked: 8/31/2006
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Hi-I have written to you before and appreciate your guidance very much. |
| Asked: 8/31/2006
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In Jan 1999 I was diagnosed with end stage 2, invasive ductal, estrogen negative cancer in the left breast. |
| Asked: 8/29/2006
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Could you please give me some information regarding mets to liver? Sister is HRneg. |
| Asked: 8/29/2006
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I would like to know the percentage of metastatic recurrence in a person who had neoadjuvent chemo, then with bilateral mastectomy with 22 nodes removed |
| Asked: 8/28/2006
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Hi, Thank you for answering my previous question. |
| Asked: 8/28/2006
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My mother in law has been suffering from bone cancer mets from breast for the past year, since July she has had renal failure, the... |
| Asked: 8/28/2006
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I am waiting for a lymph node biopsy to take place--they can''t get me in until next week. |
| Asked: 8/26/2006
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Diagnosis after lumpectomy one month ago was 5mm invasive cancer, no node involvement, no vascular involvement, HER2 positive (FISH and IHC) and ER/PR negative |
| Asked: 8/26/2006
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I have a 45 yr. old friend who has metastatic breast cancer to the liver, brain and bones. |
| Asked: 8/26/2006
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HI there, My mom was diagnosed 18 months ago with stage 4 bc. |
| Asked: 8/25/2006
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My mother is 72 years old. She had a lumpectomy 6 years ago, and started tamoxifin. |
| Asked: 8/25/2006
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My youngest daughter was diagnosed with bc at age 34 in Sept. |
| Asked: 8/24/2006
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DX in Oct 2003 two tumours and one node involved - had mast followed by chemo and radiotherapy. |
| Asked: 8/23/2006
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well i have a strange question... how the doctors are sure that the spots on liver by CT scans are mets and not hemangiomas or cysts? my mom was diagnosed on september 2005 with swollen lympnodes on left arm, 14 years after mastectomy. |
| Asked: 8/22/2006
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I am very worried about recurrence. I am being treated aggressively (dose dense AC-T) for stage 1 triple negative IDC/ILC. |
| Asked: 8/22/2006
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I''ve been handling mets to the lungs for three years. |
| Asked: 8/21/2006
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78 yr. old dx''d at Stage I w/ ductal carcinoma 4.5 yrs. |
| Asked: 8/21/2006
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Family member diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago...did very well on chemo...then 5 years later...spot found on spine....treated with biophosphonates...recently multiple small tumours on... |
| Asked: 8/19/2006
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Thank you for all the help you give... |
| Asked: 8/18/2006
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Is there a difference between brain mets and skull mets? Aren''t they both the same? How can it be differentiated? |
| Asked: 8/18/2006
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Where do you start an IV when performing a bi-lateral mastectomy? |
| Asked: 8/18/2006
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Hi, I have stage 4 BC, with regional mets to my Supraclavicular nodes, been doing taxotere and Gemzar for 5 months. |
| Asked: 8/17/2006
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My friend, who is 48 years old, had a bi-lateral masectomy two weeks ago and has been diagnosed with with stage 4 Lobular Breast Cancer;... |
| Asked: 8/17/2006
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As I said in original email Biopsy would essentially require the same kind of major surgery because of the location and small size. |
| Asked: 8/17/2006
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In Dec. 2004, I had a local excision to remove two areas of microcalcifications on my left breast. |
| Asked: 8/17/2006
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I was 1st diagnosed 6 1/2 yrs ago at age 32 with invasive ductal carcinoma. |
| Asked: 8/17/2006
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My 78 year old mother in 3/05 had lumpectomy 2.5 cm tumor, receptor and HER2 negative, micromets in first sentinel node, clear margins. |
| Asked: 8/16/2006
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FGD-PET shows 3.5x2x3.9 cm hypermetabolic activity with 3.2 max SUV in the anterior mediastinum, and sternal lesions with 2.0x1.3 cm hypermetabolic internal mammary node at... |
| Asked: 8/16/2006
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I was dx with extensive DCIS, stage 0 in 10/98 (3 mos after I had my second child), age at dx was 36 yrs. |
| Asked: 8/16/2006
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44 yr old dx in 2003. Recently scans show it has moved to liver and perhaps lung (suspicious spot). |
| Asked: 8/16/2006
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Why isn''t surgery considered when Breast cancer has spread to lymph nodes or other areas when it remains small enough. |
| Asked: 8/14/2006
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abraxene chemo has caused neuropathy in toes and loss of taste in tongue. |
| Asked: 8/14/2006
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Please could you help me again? I had bc with lumpectomy/lymph node removal. |
| Asked: 8/14/2006
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My sister was dx a couple years ago with bc. |
| Asked: 8/14/2006
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How accurate are PET scans? Are there a lot of false positives? If there is an area that they are unable to biopsy can you... |
| Asked: 8/11/2006
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My precious mother has been living with mestatic bc for 6 yrs. |
| Asked: 8/11/2006
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my mum has 4th stage bc which spread to her bones and bone marrow.she had chemo(andrimyicyn).her last course was in dec 2005.she was doing well... |
| Asked: 8/8/2006
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What qualifications does the expert have when we "Ask the Expert?" What is the relationship between breat and stomach cancer? Is the stomach a common... |
| Asked: 8/8/2006
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I am 43 years old and have been living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer for 5 years (multiple boney metastases). |
| Asked: 8/7/2006
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Hello, Thank you for providing this service. |
| Asked: 8/7/2006
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Hi, my mom has had mets to lung 2003), brain (2004), and now kidney and adrenal gland, (removed last week) as identified by pathology report. |
| Asked: 8/7/2006
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My sister had breast cancer 10 years ago and five months ago it was found in her lung and liver through a pet scan. |
| Asked: 8/7/2006
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I was diagnosed in nov/04 with stage 2 BC. |
| Asked: 8/7/2006
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Hi Lillie. My friend has BC with mets to liver and brain. |
| Asked: 8/2/2006
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Mine is a long and convoluted story---Dx 4-2005, at age 46, with IDC with spread to lymph nodes. |
| Asked: 8/2/2006
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in 2001, I was diagnosed with stage 2b breast cancer and had a lumpectomy on my left breast, dose dense chemotheraphy and radiation. |
| Asked: 8/2/2006
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I was diagnosed with bone mets 3/06 after complaining to my MD about extreme fatigue. |
| Asked: 7/31/2006
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My 83yo(otherwise fit and well) mother-in-law has been dxed with BC 3/52 ago. |
| Asked: 7/31/2006
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My 44 year old sister had a double mastectomy almost three years ago. |
| Asked: 7/31/2006
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Has the standard for monthly infusions of Zometa for bone mets been re-evaluated due to Zometa''s persistent half-life and the now identified risks for ONJ... |
| Asked: 7/29/2006
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Just completed 6 rounds Taxotere/Xeloda and 6 weeks of 3 field radiation following bilateral mastectomy for Stage 3C ILC, 5.1 cm tumor, Grade 1, ER... |
| Asked: 7/29/2006
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Dx last year with IDC. er pr- her2+...7cm tumor..5 positive nodes..mastectomy. |
| Asked: 7/27/2006
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I have been living with mets to bone and single lesion to the brain, which was removed 5 months ago, for the past nine years. |
| Asked: 7/27/2006
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Had Invasive breast cancer HER2+ Grade 3, Stage 1 ~ 3mm invasive tumor w/lots of DCIS, therefore had a rt. |
| Asked: 7/27/2006
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53 yo Dx Dec 2005 with Stage IIIB ILC, grade 1, E Pos 94%, Pro Neg 2%, HER2NEU Neg, normal diploidy, no angiovascular invasion, 5.1cm... |
| Asked: 7/27/2006
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At 32 was diagnosed with stage IV IBC 2/1/06 with met to liver. |
| Asked: 7/26/2006
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Less than two years ago, at age 39, my wife was diagnosed with Stage IIIC BC -- 14 of 28 lymph nodes involved. |
| Asked: 7/26/2006
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Dear Lillie, thank you so much for your advices and on-line support. |
| Asked: 7/26/2006
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I am 42yrs old with 2 very young daughters (3&7). |
| Asked: 7/24/2006
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My mother is 70 yrs old. She had a growth in the shoulder which was excised and the tissue biopsy indicated ER/Pr +ve. |
| Asked: 7/24/2006
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Had modified radical mastectomy 10/04. 4 A/C, 12 Taxol, 38 radiation treatments. |
| Asked: 7/24/2006
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Im 35 and I have Stage IV BC w/liver & bone mets. |
| Asked: 7/24/2006
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I wasn''t sure where this question fit. |
| Asked: 7/21/2006
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My mother n law is 55 years old and was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2005. |
| Asked: 7/21/2006
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Can you recommend a good source for additional information on metastatic breast cancer? I am very interested in finding more well-founded guidance on nutrition, treatments,... |
| Asked: 7/21/2006
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My 78 yr old Mom diag Stage IIb grade 3 ER/PR and HER2 negative in March 2005, lumpectomy, 1st sentinel node micrometastes the rest clear,... |
| Asked: 7/21/2006
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thanks for responding to my questino #1 on July 20. |
| Asked: 7/21/2006
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Hello Lillie and thank you so very much for all the caring support you provide here. |
| Asked: 7/20/2006
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my sister was diagnosed with pagest and DCIS 2 years ago. |
| Asked: 7/20/2006
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My mother has battled bc since 2000 with mets to lung (had surgery) and brain (had surgery with chemo and radiation)she has negative receptors. |
| Asked: 7/20/2006
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Lillie, you have been very helpful and right on in answering my previous questions, so thank-you. |
| Asked: 7/20/2006
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Since March I have been on Gemzar after the first treatment my WBC dropped so low I couldnt do chemo that week, they gave me... |
| Asked: 7/20/2006
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I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989 at age 35. |
| Asked: 7/6/2006
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ER PR HER2/neu +++. Mets to spine. |
| Asked: 7/6/2006
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I recently finished chemotherapy with Taxol and Herceptin. |
| Asked: 6/29/2006
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My mom has metazised breast cancer. They just did an ultrasound on my breast and found them normal but on the right breast they did find prominent axiullary node 18mm. |
| Asked: 6/29/2006
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I have recently started chemo again. I was on adry, cytox and 5FU 4 yrs ago. |
| Asked: 6/28/2006
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Three yrs ago diagnosed with IIIB inflammatory breast cancer. |
| Asked: 6/27/2006
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Any connection at all between a recurrent kidney infection (with UTI''s as well) and metastatic breast cancer?I had bc diagnosis in 2002, mastectomy in 2003,... |
| Asked: 6/27/2006
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I was dx with stage 3A invasive lobular cancer last year. |
| Asked: 6/22/2006
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I have stage IV bc to lungs and liver. |
| Asked: 6/22/2006
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I was diagnosed with 2 small lung mets (right lung) in December of this yea, I am HER2+. |
| Asked: 6/21/2006
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How often does breast cancer spread to the ovaries or intestines? |
| Asked: 6/21/2006
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What is the predictive value of the Nottingham grade for survival? |
| Asked: 6/21/2006
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My wife is 48 years old and has been battling metastatic breast cancer for 2 years. |
| Asked: 6/21/2006
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I am 4 yrs out of original bc dx. |
| Asked: 6/21/2006
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My 54 year old mother is battling metstatic breast cancer. |
| Asked: 6/21/2006
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Lillie, are there any chemo drugs available that will cross the blood brain barrier? My girlfriend has been told that they cannot give her more... |
| Asked: 6/20/2006
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I am sure you have been asked this many times, but I need to ask this again. |
| Asked: 6/20/2006
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I have arthritis as well as met. |
| Asked: 6/20/2006
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I had a 2cm, grade 2, er/pr +, her - (1+), one node +, dense lymphatic invasion, 12 months ago.Mastectomy, FEC chemo, Tamoxefin. |
| Asked: 6/19/2006
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My mother''s breast cancer spread to the liver. |
