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Women sue over delays in treatment for breast cancer
[03/19/2004; British Medical Journal]

I can't even describe the feelings I have re-validation that I have been
'right' all along re the fact that not only does lobular b.c. present
differently in the breast, it does that as well if it metastasizes.  As I have
bored many of you  already with long, detailed posts, I will ...

My wife is end stage hospice breast to bone to liver.  She was on OxyContin
240 mg/day with Dilaudid for breakthrough pain.  She is having increased
difficulty swallowing, although she was still able to take her pills.  Her
hospice nurse decided that Roxanol should be started.  I've ...

My mum was diagnosed Breast Cancer. We met surgeon and he said he
would do an operation in the middle of April this year for her. He
told us that my mum need to get a biopsy done before the surgery. He
then told the secretary to schedule an appointment for biopsy with

I'm a newbie here, and need some expert advice on what will probably sound like
a dumb question.
My mom had a lumpectomy 12 years ago (tumor was less than 2cm), had follow-up
radiation (no chemo) and has had an all-clear every exam since then.  I crossed

I would like to hear from anyone who has had tried both reconstruction
and non-rec. I must make up my mind right away. Thanks

Well, this is quite an introduction to this newsgroup.  My name is Deva, I'm 56
years old, diagnosed yesterday with ductal carcinoma.  Surgeon says it's a
small growing lesion  1.2 x 1.0.  He recommended a lumpectomy followed by
radiation, short-term.  If there is lymph node ...

How long after lumpectomy surgery should one begin chemo?

I was originally diagnosed with cancer back in 1997 when cancer cells were
found on fine needle. They couldn't find the lesion at that stage, the
lumpectomy showed only a fibroadenoma.  Slowly the lesions developed and
were removed at mastectomy in June 1999. Because it was ...

I'm supposed to have my left breast removed Wed. I have Ductal catagory
one.  The lump is large and in the center of my small breast so even tho
the doc doesn't think it has spread he said I wouldn't be happy with a
lumpectomy. My Naturopathic doc said I must read "What Your Doctor ...

A Cancer story that needs to be told.
It started in November 2002. Betty Murray phoned Karen O'Handley. She had
heard about Karen's 20 year old son, Brian Carmichael, had been diagnosed
with cancer in May of 2002 and that Karen had been actively searching for a

A phase III clinical study with 134 patients enrolled showed
substantially better outcomes with the combination
temozolomide (TMZ, Temodar) and whole brain radiotherapy.
For details go to http://www.oncolink.com and look for a

Gloria's CT scan came back yesterday.  Seven brain lesions.
She got her first dose of full-brain radiation today.
The good news is that the literature seems to say there is a
fair degree of short-term success with this sort of

There've been several threads in the recent past about how to deal with
discomfort, stiffness, limited range-of-motion after
mastectomy/lumpectomy/axillary disection/radiation.
I have no personal experience with this (nor do I have any relationship

In 1993 I was diagnosed with bc at age 59.  I had a mastectomy and 19
node were removed.  My doctor felt I did not need chemo or radiation
because my tumor was small and prescribed tamoxifin for 5 years.  I have
been cancer free since my surgery.