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What the heck is going on with this BC thing????????
Ok, so I know the figures are 1 in 8 or 1 in 7 depending on which article you read but honestly. When I was diagnosed I knew one of my friends sister had had breast cancer and my family history 3 gen...
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Hey, Agent Orange is a reasonable stab in the dark!! Sorry, no idea what treatment induced menopause may do (other than a side effect of getting rid of bc!), only that when I was diagnosed, approximately 75% of bc cases were in post menopausal women. That figure may have changed, but even to my sceptical mind, it was a pretty strong indicator of where something may go pear shaped. I stick to my (untrained) opinion that cancer is probably due to a combination of factors - which will naturally vary considerably individually. So chemo induced menopause may be a significantly different ingredient in the different potential triggers in different people. Clear as mud!