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When you get cancer twice or more
Sorry if this is in the wrong category and kind of depressing..but I have a question for those women who have been through breast cancer and then were diagnosed later in life with more cancer - breast...
Two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer (Stage3B) and one year after finishing treatment (chemo, Mx and all axillary nodes, rads, tamox) I was diagnosed with an aggressive prostate cancer. Treatment for this second cancer involved a prostatectomy. I'm NED for both cancers now and lead a completely normal life..
The reason I'm posting here is because I have a BRCA1 genetic variation of unknown significance and, while you women obviously won't get my second cancer, you are susceptible to ovarian cancer and colon cancer. Keep an eye out for these.
The reason I'm posting here is because I have a BRCA1 genetic variation of unknown significance and, while you women obviously won't get my second cancer, you are susceptible to ovarian cancer and colon cancer. Keep an eye out for these.