What with demoralizing matters like radiation and chemo on the
horizon, genetic testing and tailored treatment sure look attractive.
Has anyone paid for their own Oncotype DX from Genomic Health, and
been able to bargain them down to what insurance companies pay?  The

I am 37.  I have had a painful hard mass in my left breast for almost
2 months.  Before that, I had two small lumps in my right underarm.
Scanning of the right brest showed two small spots..the determination
after ultrasound and mammograms was: "probably lymph nodes... check

My stepdaughter's story:
Hodgkins 18 years ago, treated with surgical staging, splenectomy,
radiation to max. No recurrence.
Breast cancer left side this year discovered via mammogram. DCIS/IDC, ER

My surgeon called me Tuesday to check in, and I told her how I was
dreading hearing about the path report--she told me that she expected
to tell me 1.4 cm and clean nodes, but no path was back yet. She also
explained that I'm still tired post-op because it was a big surgery,

Here's what life has been like for me for the past 2 weeks: one long panic
attack, interrupted by occasional distractions such as work and laundry.
I found a lump in my armpit.  This is on the right side, where I had the
mastectomy and radiation (and subsequent plastic surgeries). ...

My wife is 58, had her first child at 36, her mother had breast cancer
and her 56 year old sister has just been diagnosed with it.  Is there
some sort of formula I can plug information like this into to get an
idea of her chances of being diagnosed?  Or, just considering the mom

Les,
 I got a preliminary path report today: 1.8 cm invasive ductal
carcinoma, Grade 2. Too early for receptors. The surgeon would prefer
a mastectomy, as she thinks a lumpectomy and radiation wouldn't be

http://www.syubrawi.com/mesothelioma-lawyers-houston,
If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma and believe there is a
person or company that's at fault,
you may be entitled to compensation that will help you with your

I don't  have breast cancer, but found this group three years ago when I
had a lumpectomy.  I got lucky.
My question today is:  Does a breast lump become suspicious only when it
is located near or under the armpit?

About Mucinous carcinoma (colloid) breast cancer.
Should it is chemo first, then surgery (either - lumpectomy vs
mastectomy) then radiation?
or

Breast Cancer :
http://breast--cancer-treatment.blogspot.com,
In our world today, breast cancer is one of the most common diseases
and causes of death mostly among women. Breast cancer also occur in