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 Asked: 3/10/2006 I currently have inflamed lymph nodes under both my arm pits but it is worse in my right arm pit.
 Asked: 3/9/2006 WHAT IS THE SURVIVAL RATE FOR A 78 YEARS OLD, DIABETIC LADY WITH INVASIVE LOBULAR CARCINOMA AND A PATHOLOGY REPORT OF T2 NO MX STAGE II A.
 Asked: 3/8/2006 I had breast cancer and surgery in 1997, in my left breast.
 Asked: 3/7/2006 My 38 year old sister was diagnosed with DCIS of the left breast and is scheduled for a bilateral mastectomy and eventually a total hysterectomy.
 Asked: 3/6/2006 8 months to a year after beginning to take the birth control pill Seasonale, I discovered a lump in my right breast.
 Asked: 3/6/2006 Biopsy results indicate LCIS in one breast, pleomorphic type, with necrosis and calcifications.
 Asked: 3/6/2006 My mom is 75 years old and was diagnosed with DCIS with a suspicion for microinvasion after her biopsy on feb 6,2006.
 Asked: 3/6/2006 Why does it seem lately that breast cancer is becoming an epidemic among young women? What do you feel are the reasons for this? I...
 Asked: 3/6/2006 I am an elementary school teacher. In the past four years, there have been 4 teachers in our wing (total of 6 classrooms) who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
 Asked: 3/5/2006 Hi. I am in my 30s and have no children, had a medical abortion several years ago, am significantly overweight and drink quite alot of wine in the evenings after work.
 Asked: 3/3/2006 Why is having a baby after 30 worse than never having a baby at all?
 Asked: 3/3/2006 What are the risk factors for breast cancer.
 Asked: 3/2/2006 My sister 38 yrs old was diagnosed with breast cancer dcis stage 1 grade 1 less than 2 cm,no lymph node involvment, estrogen receptive her2...
 Asked: 3/2/2006 what is a 6mm nodular density in the left base on the frontal view is not definitely seen on the lateral view on the prior...
 Asked: 3/1/2006 I was recently diagnosed with extensive, high-grade DCIS w/possible invasive component in one breast (haven''t had surgery yet so final diagnosis is unclear)
 Asked: 2/28/2006 Why haven''t more efforts been directed toward listing smoking as a risk factor for breast cancer, alcohol is already recognized but this "bad boy" still...
 Asked: 2/27/2006 I am at risk for bc because of family history, grandmother and aunts.
 Asked: 2/24/2006 It is quite a universally truth acknowledged that soya reduces the risk of getting breast cancer.
 Asked: 2/22/2006 Are the number of unfavorable charaterictics of the diagnosed cancer the main determining factors in the prediction of mets (staging, hormone status, ect) or are...
 Asked: 2/22/2006 What is the difference in risk factors for mets for a Stage 1 person that is er/pr negative vs being er/pr/her2 negative?
 Asked: 2/22/2006 Thank you for your answer to my last question about my grandmother''s mastectomy.
 Asked: 2/22/2006 I have a couple of questions - 1) I have read that a woman is at an increased risk of breast cancer initially after giving...
 Asked: 2/22/2006 Hi! My ant had a breast cancer operation for about 9 months ago, she has gone threw chemotherapy and was feeling pretty well for a wile.
 Asked: 2/22/2006 Hello, I am 40 years old and just had my first mammogram.
 Asked: 2/21/2006 In 2000 I was 45 and had a mastectomy with flap reconstruction , I had chemo.
 Asked: 2/21/2006 My mom had bc at 85, had mastectomy and 5 yrs of tamoxifen, died at 91.
 Asked: 2/20/2006 Thanks for this amazing site and your time answering questions for all us frightened, confused souls! Feb,2000 diagnosed invasive, well differentiated ductal carcinoma (grade I...
 Asked: 2/19/2006 I am 59. Hysterectomy in ''90 at age 43.
 Asked: 2/19/2006 My daughter who is 37 has been diagnosed with breast cancer and she is also suffering from localised scleroderma, she has been told that radiotherapy...
 Asked: 2/16/2006 HI. Great site! I am very confused about my risk for ovarian cancer.
 Asked: 2/8/2006 At the age of 52 I had DCIS and subsequent mastectomy due to poor margins.
 Asked: 2/7/2006 Hi,first history-mother died@42of breast cancer/sister died of breast cancer -premenopause @41-that wasn''t detected on path report until it was too late and it was Sent...
 Asked: 2/6/2006 I am a 48-year-old, pre-menopausal mother of two who had a mastectomy on my left breast almost four years ago for an advanced/extensive case of DCIS.
 Asked: 2/4/2006 I am 40 years old and had a hysterctomy over a year ago and then both ovaries removed last year.
 Asked: 2/2/2006 My mother is 66 years, Hysterectomoy done in 1987.
 Asked: 2/1/2006 If there is a bruise from a squeeze of the nipple, is there danger of breast cancer if it only happened 1 time?
 Asked: 2/1/2006 First let me say this site is very informative and has helped me to understand more about my Mom''s bc.
 Asked: 1/29/2006 I am now a 10 month Breast Cancer survivor after lumpectomy - chemo - lumpectomy - radiation - tubal - hysterectomy.
 Asked: 1/29/2006 hello,i just wanted to ask the treatments for benign breast lumps or conditions.thank you..
 Asked: 1/29/2006 I am 30 y/o and my aunt (mother''s sister) has recently been diagnosed with DCSI Invasive breast cancer.
 Asked: 1/22/2006 I am 6 weeks pregnant. 5 months ago I had cancer removed from my right breast.
 Asked: 1/21/2006 MODIFIED RADICAL MASECTOMY DONE 12/1/05 NODES NEG.
 Asked: 1/20/2006 I am 38 years old and have two children.
 Asked: 1/20/2006 Is there any research on taking fertility drugs if you are brca-1 positive? Specifically, is there any research that taking clomid (or other egg-stimulating drugs)...
 Asked: 1/19/2006 I am 44 yo. I hade my first child at age 30.
 Asked: 1/18/2006 Just sent in a question about wether or not I should remove my remaining breast & forgot to include a couple relevant factors: no family...
 Asked: 1/18/2006 Hi folks! Was diagnosed for BC this past May and found this site to be tremendously responsive and helpful.
 Asked: 1/18/2006 I recently had a biopsy done on a mass size 4x3.5x2 cm.
 Asked: 1/16/2006 I have had two occurrences of DCIS, 4 1/2 years apart.
 Asked: 1/16/2006 If pathology showed negative for homone receptors in DCIS, first how can I be sure the tests are correct, and second what are my chances...
 Asked: 1/13/2006 My sister had breast cancer 9 years ago which she says was not due to estrogen.
 Asked: 1/13/2006 Have heard that the highest risk for recurrence is within the first 2 years.
 Asked: 1/13/2006 Tubular carcinoma, 1.1cm, ER+/PR+, Her neg., lymph clear.
 Asked: 1/12/2006 I will be 53 years old this coming June and was diagnosed with breast cancer (stage1 and below).
 Asked: 1/12/2006 I had breast cancer on my left breast last year on Jan7th.
 Asked: 1/11/2006 This is a follow-up my earlier question.
 Asked: 1/11/2006 I am 44. My sister was daignosed with stage 3 Breast Cancer at the age of 30, and passed away last year at the age of 44 from Breast Cancer.
 Asked: 1/11/2006 At age 62, my first open biopsy showed atypical lobular hyperplasia.
 Asked: 1/10/2006 I am 35 and would like to have a child, I have no previous pregnancies.
 Asked: 1/10/2006 I have a weird question - it seems that bc incidence is higher in the Northeast, can these differences be related to population demographics? For...
 Asked: 1/10/2006 I am a 36 year old woman with 6 women on my maternal side and one on my paternal side who have had breast cancer.
 Asked: 1/9/2006 My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 77 does this increase my risk of developing breat cancer? Also I take a low does...
 Asked: 1/9/2006 Hi. I am 45 and was diagnosed a year ago with DCIS, high grade.
 Asked: 1/8/2006 I have one area of high density on mammogram.
 Asked: 1/7/2006 All the forms I''ve filled out when getting mammograms, etc.
 Asked: 1/5/2006 Hello. Coming up on my one year anniversary! Stage 1, 99% positive for both ER and PR.
 Asked: 1/5/2006 I had oestrogen neg progesterone 70% positive receptors...would I be able to use an oestrogen cream as I have severe dryness after coming off hrt..I...
 Asked: 1/4/2006 I am 73 years old. I had stage one breast cancer in 1999.
 Asked: 1/3/2006 Since smoking triples a woman''a risk of breast cancer - couldn''t an argument be made that bc is increasing much like lung cancer is increasing?
 Asked: 12/31/2005 I already had chemotherapy and finished radiation a month ago.At present I am on tamoxifen.
 Asked: 12/29/2005 Can you tell me what your high risk program does to follow a patient? If I get a yearly clinical exam and mammogram...what else can I do?
 Asked: 12/29/2005 Is there any proof of this rumor? Cancer News from Johns Hopkins: 1.
 Asked: 12/27/2005 Is smoking a risk factor for breast cancer?
 Asked: 12/27/2005 I was diagnosed with .03 mm DCIS in 1995 at age 42, and had a lumpectomy with no radiation.
 Asked: 12/27/2005 You responded to the previous question as to the relation of estrogen to breast cancer #3 saying that estrogen is stored in body fat..for how...
 Asked: 12/26/2005 My father has the BRCA 2 genetic mutation.
 Asked: 12/26/2005 my daughter is 22 yrs old and has been diagnosed with a stage II B breast cancer with 1 positive sentinel node out of 5 removed.
 Asked: 12/26/2005 My question is this...many breast cancers are claimed to be estrogen related/positive..my question is, why does a woman''s chance of breast cancer increase as she...
 Asked: 12/23/2005 How much of a risk is obesity for premenopausal breast cancer and subsequent survival, I am heavy (obese)? .
 Asked: 12/23/2005 Are the Gail/NCBI models an accurate way to know those at a greater risk of bc?
 Asked: 12/23/2005 Hi, I am 34 and weigh 190 lbs.
 Asked: 12/23/2005 I have read that getting pregnant at an early age can help prevent breast cancer by reducing the overall number of ovulatory menstrual cycles in...
 Asked: 12/20/2005 MY grandmother had breast cancer. I was wondering if you could give me a percent on how high of a risk I have of getting it.
 Asked: 12/20/2005 In response to your answer below, both mom and aunt were post meno., my first period at 12.
 Asked: 12/20/2005 I am 38, no kids. Mother and paternal aunt both bc survivors.
 Asked: 12/19/2005 Age: 44 years Sex: F Surgery:11/30/05 Surgical Pathology: SPECIMEN: A.
 Asked: 12/16/2005 I am a 4 yr breast cancer surviver.
 Asked: 12/15/2005 I am 26 years old and just found out that I have breast cancer.
 Asked: 12/13/2005 There is no history of breast cancer in my family on either side.
 Asked: 12/11/2005 This question concerns the Gail model.
 Asked: 12/11/2005 I''m a known DES daughter, and also had a significant infertility history (complete with an abundance of fertility meds).
 Asked: 12/11/2005 Doesn''t progestin only pills protect against breast cancer?
 Asked: 12/8/2005 I have been on birth control pills on and off for about 10 years.
 Asked: 12/6/2005 I discovered a lump under my left arm pit and it was tender to touch and a bit sore but it did go away ,,,,...
 Asked: 12/5/2005 Hi, I am 34 and have no children, but would like to conceive, does that decision raise my risk for breast cancer greatly? I drink...
 Asked: 11/29/2005 I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN MY RIGHT BREAST, SHOULD I BE CONCERNED WITH MY LEFT BREAST? WHAT TYPE OF BREAST EXAM SHOULD...
 Asked: 11/28/2005 Hi, this is an unusual request since I''m still being treated after a week''s worth of radiation .Follow up care with mammo''s clear x''s 1...
 Asked: 11/22/2005 hello, I am a 28 year old woman with a positive breast cancer family history.
 Asked: 11/22/2005 can you develope breast cancer by someone keep on punching you in your breast?
 Asked: 11/22/2005 My sister in law was dx at age 47 w/breast cancer, my friend was 43, my other friend was 49.
 
 
 
 
 

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