Breast Cancer
Questions + Answers
Is there a difference between smooth and textured breast implants?
Immune system cancer caused by a breast implant is very rare. Nearly all the cases have been linked to implants with a textured or slightly roughened surface, rather than a smooth covering. Texturing may cause inflammation that leads to cancer. If detected early, the lymphoma is often curable.
What’s inside the implant — silicone or saline — seems to make no difference: Case numbers have been similar for the two types. The reason for the implants… read more
Nodule on lat flap
I received a call back after having my annual mammogram (one side only) and bilateral ultrasound. A nodule was found on my lat flap by the u/s. Has anyone had this and found it to be nothing?
HER 2 Copy Number
I am curious after another post about a high her 2 FISH copy number - for those her 2 negative sisters, what was your her 2 copy number - it's reported as one of the two numbers they divide to get your ratio. I think anthing higher than 4 makes the result equivocal. Mine was like 2.3 I think...wondering if that is normal or is in the ones more normal?
If you want to use green tea to enhance tamoxifen, do you take the tamoxifen at exactly the same time as having the green tea?
Proton based radiation and reconstruction??
Has anyone had reconstruction at the time of masectomy and then had proton based radiation? I have heard that it is possible, but curious about risks.
Biopsy
Ovid , periacreolar mass , hypoechoic mass internal echogenic regions and areas of posterior shadowing . Margins our lobulated . Complex cyst , in mass is solid bi rads 4 suspicious 50 wing mom having both female n Brest cancer !
I was diagnosed triple-negative however my progesterone was slightly positive just wondering if anyone has had this.
My MO is going to put me on Tamoxifen. No guarantee of distant recurrance but he's going to proceed. I guess that gives me some piece of mind jut curious if anyone else has had this.
