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Breast cancer recurrence
I have been diagnosed with breast cancer recurrence. I had a lumpectomy followed by chemo and radiation on my left breast in 2004. In 2016 I had a new cancer in my left breast and had a mastectomy followed by chemo and tamoxifen. In 2018 I had a prophylactic mastectomy of my right breast. I had a. Biopsy a short while ago in my left breast which turned out to be cancer. I also have nodules in my right breast . I am having surgery on Friday to remove all the dodgy tissue. I have never heard of any one having cancer whilst still on tamoxifen. Anyone know if this is common?
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- Hi @Pug-lover55,
How unfortunate this has happened to you. I am sorry you are going through this. I did read on the information pharmaceutical sheet for tamoxifen that it isn't 100% effective stopping reoccurance but no idea of what that reoccurance rate is. I hope your surgery goes well.
