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Beppie
10 years agoMember
Is there a trend for bi lateral mastectomies now ?
It just seems to me that a lot of women are having bi lateral mastectomies lately even when there's no family history ? ? Is this the way to go for a Uni lateral breast cancer now or is it just pers...
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Beppie
10 years agoMember
Thanks for that. Yes, my first cancer I found myself whilst in the shower. I had a lumpectomy and radiation. It returned in the same breast and I had a mastectomy and chemotherapy - lymph nodes clear. It has been 3 years since the last and the Femera is awful but if it helps then I take it. My cousin, aged 27 had a prophylactic bi lateral mastectomy as her mum and grandmother had breast cancer and was positive for one of the BRCA genes. She died last Xmas aged 30 from breast cancer . No guarantees either way the Geneteist told me.
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