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Stats on Thyroid cancer after Breast cancer and chemo
Hi Everyone,
I was just wondering and trying to do some research on the number of people that get Thyroid cancer after having chemo for breast cancer.
My Breast surgeon said she is amazed at the ...
HI Chrissy,
I spoke with my oncologist today about a link between thyroid cancer and breast cancer. He doesn't believe there is a link. He said the supposed link was thought to come from radiation of the breast which might be too close to the thyroid. He doesn't think enough radioactive scatter could occur to cause this. My research through Google suggested that breast cancer might follow thyroid cancer, but not the other way around. I think I prefer to go with the oncologist on this one, as I don't want anything else to worry about.
Love Chris xx