my daughter had stage II , 2.5 tumer but had not spread to nodes---is this as good as a stage I , she had the breast removed and cemo----
...urgery is required to see if it has spread to the lymphnodes. After this, the prognosis, and your cancer stage may be changed. My tumor was tiny - but, it had spread to the lymphnodes. This made it go...
I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer Oct. 2008. I had a lumpectomy and radiation treatment. I was also put on 1 mg. arimidex. I walk 5 miles a day, lift weights three days a week, and swim 2-3...
My worst breast cancer was on my left stage IDC stage 3, my left was only stage 1. I was very lucky I got a second opinion.
Dear Stardust, If you are not sure, I would get a second opinion. I had stage 3 IDC in one and the dr didnt want to take the other off, I had alot of tumors, Come to find out it was stage 1. Glad I g...
I am doing really good. Yes, I was at stage 3. My dr. estimated I had the large tumor for 15-18 years.
Have you had an MRI yet?
...ry cancer growing in other organs of the body, eg cancerous breast tissue growing in the lung, that is stage IV cancer. Strictly it is a distant metastasis. Local recurrences can be local metastase...
...ver a month now ive went to a doctor and they said it is were im still in puberty but ive been past that stage but really cant remeber if had lumps when was in that stage they said its my hormones and...
...clears this up once and for all...well, till someone new shows up..huh? ;-} I was close I read 6% of all Stage 1 and Stage 2 cancers.
BTW? who's going to answer all the questions you have pos...
<< 1000 calories is definitely a 'reducing' diet!
If you find yourself eating less and less, I'd suggest some vitamin/mineral pills to help guard against deficiency.>>
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...oned, chemo results or the progression of the disease itself. I also read they are not very reliable for stage 1 and stage 2. [picks up only 5-6% of cancer in these stages] They are used more for adva...
...rgery, But since I live alone they kept me over night. My 4 surgeries went very well, My first one I had stage 3 so it was 5 days in the hospital. My other was stage 1 and small so I was overnight. Ta...
...d found my first cancer in the shower and the Dr didnt think it was. I told him it grew. I was right IDC stage 3, They didnt do the other side so I went and got a second Dr to look it over, Had surery...
...s all from fat tumor and nothing was wrong and I told him it was growing and I wanted it checked. It was stage 3 breast cancer. Stand up to these Drs. Happy Holiday, Debbie ...
...an cancer. Bone mets are likely to start in just one place, it takes quite a time to develop to the pain stage, and reaching that stage simultaneously in several places is pretty unlikely. So pains in...
...se cancer therapy
ATLANTA (UPI) -- Nearly 1 in 4 African-American women in the United States with late stage breast cancer refused chemotherapy and radiation therapy, researchers said.
Study lea...
...ing it checked and no that you did wait til it was larger and greater chance of being cancer in a higher stage. I was told mine was a cyst and I found it in the shower 6 months after my yearly It was ...
I am 2.5 years post IDC Stage 2B. Lumpectomy, chemo, RT. Two weeks after I finished RT, dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon to liver.
I waited 2 years to get mammo because I have been caring for d...
...advice you may be willing to give. I have a very close friend who has just been recently diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. She had BC 6 yrs ago, a double mastectomy, etc. I didn't know he...
...039;t fit the clinical picture of metastic disease.
Secondly, it is current practice that patients with Stage IV be told ..if for no other purpose for life planning. It would be a lawyer's delig...
...at Kaye said the reason you weren't offered Herceptin is that it's illegal to prescribe it for Stage 2 breast cancer unless you're participating in a clinical drug trial - your oncologi...
...we have to beat the cancer. My dr didnt think it was anything(I knew it had grown) When I was told I had stage IDC stage three, I ask the Dr what about my other breast, She told me taking your other b...
Hello Char
I am sorry to hear that your mother has got to this stage. If the liver tumour cannot be controlled by chemo this really is the end game. Of course no-one can say for sure how long it w...
... (July), 2003: 2713-2718"The
Roole of Irradiation of the Internal Mammary Lymph Nodes in High Risk Stage II to IIIA Breast Cancer Patients After High Dose Chemotherapy: A Prospective
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...t -- I didn't, but some women prefer to have help.)
If your sister has already been diagnosed at Stage IV, I'm wondering WHY the node removal, since it isn't done to enhance patient ...
...that have been successful in mice.
There is a new machine out made by Bioimpedance, that can detect stage 0 lymphedema. Please email me through Lymphland.com if you'd like the information, ...
I am confused, DCIS is stage 0 or 1, but whenever lymphatic involment occurs it becomes 2A therefore Not DCIS. The treatment is very different for each type. If your wife hasn't had her lymph nod...
My wife took it for a while, and now she has 4th stage breast cancer. I don't know if it's related to her DP use at this time. What's the stats on women who've used it?
My wife has Stage IV Breast Cancer and receives an infusion of Zometa every month. Sloan bills us $1268 and my insurance picks up about $850. The average wholesale price is about $856. It can be pu...
I believe if the cancer was like mine, I got stage 3 in 6 months, so I think that if it spreads fast that it needs to be checked. I am very glad I did. Best wishes to all. Debbie
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