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| 12/16/2011 | I am 40 years old and 1 year from diagnosis of Stage 1A breast cancer, ER+/PR+ and Her2-. IDC 5mm, had lumpectomy and radiation and am currently taking Tamoxifen. I am BRCA 2+ also. I had prophylactic oopherectomy 5 months ago and am considering prophylactic mastectomies. My question is what is the risk of recurrence or new primary due to my BRCA status and does the risk go up every year? | ||
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| 12/17/2011 | between 40% and 60%. so a pretty big number. if considering it, which does make perfect sense, avoid implant reconstruction given that you had had radiation. implants and radiation no matter how much time in between the two, don't do well together. consider instead DIEP flap or S-GAP. avoid TRAM flap as well. skin sparing and possibly nipple sparing may work for you. ifyou want to come our way just call 443-287-2778. we do this a lot. | ||
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