Friday, October 28, 2011

Could a 39 year old woman have breast cancer

Could a 39 year old woman have breast cancer?
I was talking about a cough that I have had, and someone mentioned cancer to me. And then someone I know who is 39, said she has felt a couple lumps, but there is no pain in them. They are not hard. They are just there. She said they have been there for a few years now. I don't think a 39 year old could have breast cancer could she? Thanks...I will show her this post if it comes up again. She was not thinking it was cancer, I was just curious.
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Once again a question of a "few years." If it was breast cancer, after a few years, it would probably have mets to the brain by then. With her age though, it's about time to get checked. She should have been getting paps and breast exams every year. The gyno would notice any suspicious lumps.
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Yes, a 39 year old can have breast cancer. I'd tell her to get it checked. One of my friends got breast cancer at 36. If the lumps haven't grown or changed its probably fine but its still good to get it checked out.
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my mom had breast cancer when she was 37.
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I've known a couple of women at that age to get breast cancer. Tumors wouldn't typically be soft or squishy and stay the same size for years. Mine more than doubled in size over a period of 5 months or so, but it was pretty aggressive.
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It's young for breast cancer - only 5% of those diagnosed with breast cancer are under 40 - but yes, it happens and all lumps should be checked out. Most breast lumps aren't cancerous, and many women have naturally lumpy breasts.
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Sadly, absolutely. I was diagnosed at almost 38 with a 5 cm lump that had likely been there a couple years according to the oncologist. I always got annual exams too and the doc didn't catch it. My skin turned really red so I had it checked out, and by then it was really big and had spread throughout the breast and into 8 lymph nodes. I'm fine now! So no need to panic. It is very treatable. Have a mammogram, ultrasound, or even MRI.
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I didn't think I had cancer either until I had pain. For me I did have pain but every Dr will tell you or her that pain is not an indication. Well it was for my sister and my niece as well. However, at 39, she can be at risk for breast cancer. It can start as early as 35 and in some cases, younger. She knew she had this for several years and did not have it checked? Gosh, I wish i could have spoken to her. Hopefully she only has an noncancerous cysts, but if this lump has grown, she could be in trouble. She has to see a Dr and find out what the lump is. I had double mastectomy last Nov of 08. Make sure she sees an Oncologist. That's so important. Some have mentioned about time. How long she's had it and if it didn't grow it's not cancer. That's a lot of bull. Just because it's small doesn't mean it's not cancer. My tumors were small but deadly as my Oncologist said. So in this case, size does not matter nor does age.
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It is rare, but possible to have breast cancer in your 30s. Look at Kylie Minogue. Verite R

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Can anyone help me find scholarly reviewed articles about breast cancer

Can anyone help me find scholarly reviewed articles about breast cancer?
i need 3 articles for my english research paper on the pasting of breast cancer from generation to generation. like the causes behind it. one of the articles has to be diverse. so if you have any ideas in which you can help me please do so. :)
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For this see http://ieducatorz.com/ I hope that resolves your problem. answers.yahoo.com also helped me

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

After breast cancer operation if the patient doesn't do periodical medical check up, is she in danger

After breast cancer operation if the patient doesn't do periodical medical check up, is she in danger?
My mother had breast cancer operated about 13 years ago. She also had a complete radioactive treatment. But after that she hesitated to go for a periodical check up as she was irritated that the doctor only examined breasts and gave only medicine. I have requested her many times to do the periodical checkup, but she never went for check up. Now she sometimes she feels pain in the operated area. Is she in danger?
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the pain could be scar tissue, it could always come back so she needs to continue with her check ups...change your doctor if you dont feel like your getting what you need out of it
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Not going for follow up care after being treated for cancer is just plain stupid. She was upset because the doctor only examined her breasts and gave her medicine? What did she want him to do? If she needed something else, she should have told her doctor; they aren't mind readers. She needs to see a doctor as soon as possible. You never know what is going on inside the area where she is having that pain.
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There is always a risk of recurrance of the breast cancer. This is what the Dr is checking for on the follow-up visits, which is why they check her breasts. She needs to see a Dr and get this checked, pain in the area is not a good sign.
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Periodic checkups include mammograms. Is she skipping those too? You are not giving any information, but there is nearly always a chance of recurrence and/or a second cancer. We all increase our risk for breast cancer as we age and she is no exception. If she does not like her doctor she should get a new one and I hope she has her records as they are likely in storage or may be destroyed by now.
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understanding your worry. it could be in danger.
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Cal gave excellent advice about changing doctors if you do not like it. They say, "What you don't know can't kill you" but in this case it can. Check-ups are VITAL part of survival. Have her do it, if you can in any way influence her decision.
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If she has already had breast cancer, she does have a higher risk of it coming back. As far as the pain in the surgery area, that is not uncommon. I have had surgery to remove a lump from my breast as well (not cancerous), and when it gets cold out or is going to rain I get pretty bad pains in the scar area. I would still recommend she get it checked out just to be safe. She has already been through surgery and the rough part, why not just continue to be safe about it. Good Luck!
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Hey, I'm sorry to hear that your mother is feeling pain. You've been doing the right thing by encouraging her to get her breast cancer checkups. It's a myth that if a person has had cancer and survived it, they can't get it again. Unfortunately itâ€™s possible for a person to get cancer more than once. I'd definitely say itâ€™s VERY important for you to get your mother to the doctors, to get herself examined - it's really the best way to find out what's going on in that area. I hope things work out for you

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Can a teenager die from breast cancer

Can a teenager die from breast cancer?
I know teenage girls are able to get breast cancer, but I've heard that it wouldn't be able to kill them while they're a teen. Is this true? Because I know someone's best friend who died of breast cancer, and she was just a teen. Or are they lying?
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It's possible for any person at any age to die of cancer...no matter where in the body it is located.
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cancer doesn't care how old you are. if its potent enough, it could take anyone over. <3
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Breast cancer can kill anyone. It all depends on the stage at which it is caught
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No. Everyone on the planet BUT teenagers can die from breast cancer.
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sadly yes, age does not matter,
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First of all anyone can die at any time (no need for any disease such as cancer) and secondly as many know cancer (doesn't matter where it is located) will eventually kill the person. Therefore, anyone and for any reason (especially cancer) can die. ~Vogue
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any one can
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I am 43 years old, and I Have Breast Cancer. MY Doctor thinks I am WAY Too Young for it, and was actually Shocked by the Pathology Report. So being a Teenager, your chances of dying let alone "getting Breast Cancer" are far and away!
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yes u can die of cancer basically anytime but most people dont die of it in the early stage
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You are a little confused. Just to be clear cancer is a life threatening disease and can kill at any age including infants, children, teens, young adults and older adults. What is confusing you is that cancer is often age specific . . certain types of cancer occur in certain age groups and almost never in other age groups . . for instance . . children get a type of childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma but adults never get it. Older adults tend to get the more common cancers such as breast, lung, and colon cancers while the young rarely if ever get them. So the problem is trying to apply breast cancer to a teenager . . it is possible for a teen to get tumors in the chest area, even the breast but it is usually not the typical type of breast cancer. Teens are more likely to get Rhabdomyosarcoma in the breast or chest area . . and yes, it is deadly and teens can die from it.
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While this is a remote possibility, it is highly unlikely. A 16 - 20 year old has about a 1 in 1 million chance of even getting breast cancer. Breast cancer is rarely fatal if treated in the early stages. It would be unlikely to have progressed to a point where it was terminal while she was still in her teens. This is far more likely to be (as Panda correctly states) a childhood cancer that happened to occur in the chest area.
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Unfortunately cancer doesn't care how old anyone is! Cancer can strike anywhere in our bodies at any age & has the capability to kill us. :(
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The chances of a teenager having breast cancer at all, much less dying from it, are so close to zero that it makes just about no difference. Breast cancer is almost unheard of in under 25s; in fact fewer than 0.1% of all those diagnosed with it are under 30 and only 5% are under 40. Like ChemoAngel (who gave her answer a thumbs down?) i was classed as a 'younger woman' when I was diagnosed with breast cancer; I was 50. You clearly didn't actually know the teenager your friend says died of breast cancer; stories like this are usually second hand at best. It's possible that she had a childhood cancer that happened to be located in her chest; but it is beyond unlikely that she had breast cancer

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

what are the chances of my getting breast cancer

what are the chances of my getting breast cancer?
my grandma had breast cancer twice and my mom hasnt had it yet, what are the chances of me getting it? and does your breast size have anything to do with it?
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Hi there, I'm sorry to hear about your grandma's past illness with breast cancer. I'm not sure what country you live in, but I'm in the UK and am only familiar with the statistics for this country - although I'm sure they are much the same in the US. As you know, breast cancer is an illness that has a strong genetic component in some families, and typically in these cases several women of each generation will be affected by the disease. In other cases, a woman will develop breast cancer without any other known relatives being affected - this is considered to be a sporadic case of the disease as it is not readily attributable to the presence of any one specific gene. The best known breast cancer genes are called BRCA1 and BRCA2 (which stands for BReast CAncer 1 and 2 respectively), and typically individuals who are carriers of one of these genes, and who go on to develop the disease, will do so at an earlier age than those who aren't carrying the gene but have developed the cancer sporadically - I hope that makes sense. It's important to note that just because a person has a BRCA gene in their genome, doesn't mean they will definitely get breast cancer, but statistically speaking they have a higher risk of doing so. Unfortunately breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, and 1 in 9 women will suffer from it at some stage in their lives, whether they have a BRCA gene or not, so within any family it is very likely that there will be at least one female who gets it at some point, such as your grandma, but this doesn't mean that she is a carrier of the BRCA gene, and thus the risk of your mother or you getting the disease is no greater than that of the general population. In other words, her having cancer doesn't increase your risk of also getting it. In the UK, 1 in 9 (11% risk) women get breast cancer at some time in their life. The risk is low when you are young and increases with age, peaking at around 70 years old, which is why so many elderly women have it. Fortunately, the severity of the disease gets less with age, so the older you are when you get it, the better the chances of survival and indeed many of these cancers are successfully treated. For women who are carriers of the BRCA genes, they tend to get the disease earlier in life,usually in their early 40s, and these cancers are usually much more aggressive which is why it is so important to have regular breast screening and practice self-examination, because the sooner the cancer is treated the better the chances of recovery. The only way to know if there is a BRCA gene in the family is to have a genetic test for it - but there are several factors that will suggest the likelihood of it being present. The age at which someone gets the cancer is a good indicator - typically a geneticist won't suspect a genetic link unless an individual has 2 first-degree relatives (ie. mother or sister) who both had or have breast cancer and who are both under the age of 45 years, or if you have only one other first degree relative, under the age of 45 years who has bilateral breast cancer (both breasts affected) - these are strong indicators that it may be genetic. I hope this has made sense, basically, unless there is a strong family history of breast cancer, which affects the women in your family before they are 45 years, it is unlikely that the BRCA gene is in the bloodline, and therefore your risk is no different from that of the population as a whole, which in the UK is 1 in 9. If, however, the BRCA gene is present, and there are several close relatives who have had the disease, then the risk of developing breast cancer is much higher, about 6 in 10 (60%). With regards to breast size, there are many factors that seem to increase the risk of breast cancer somehow, but I don't believe breast size to be one of them - the only difficulty here could be for women with large breasts that may make it more difficult to notice any lumps or changes when performing self-examination, and as a result they may not spot the cancer as quickly as a smaller breasted woman. I hope this helps a bit, and take care - best wishes - Jim
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The fact you grandmother had breast cancer does not increase your risk for it and breast size does not affect your risk one way or the other either. At age 55 all women have a 1 in 33 chance of getting breast cancer and by 80 it is a 1 in 8 chance

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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Does anyone have any friends or relatives who have passed away due to breast cancer

Does anyone have any friends or relatives who have passed away due to breast cancer?
I am making an altar for Dia de los Muertos and i have chosen to do mine on breast cancer victims. If anyone knows anyone please answer me with a little information on their life(birthday, day of diagnosis, day of death.) I would be happy to honor them in my altar. thank you.
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No but my aunt is one of the few people who has had breast cancer twice

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

How do you get the pink ribbon on your picture to support of Breast Cancer

How do you get the pink ribbon on your picture to support of Breast Cancer?
My Mother-In-Law died from Breast Cancer and I try to show my support where ever I can so if anyone knows how to do it please let me know Thanks for any help on this not sure why it is far below my question sorry Thanks however all I found was the shirts for the person however I have a picture on mine not a person so did not work
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I don't know either. But, my mother died from breast cancer and I shaved my head to support her. Yes, I realized after wards my hairline has deteriorated...but, it was worth it. :)
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You can get the pink ribbon via your avitar. Just import a file of a pink ribbon you like. And Josh, you are a GREAT guy

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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Do you have pain in your breasts with breast cancer

Do you have pain in your breasts with breast cancer?
Breast cancer is very prevalent in my family and I've been too busy for a mammogram. If any of you have had breast cancer does it hurt and ache? Or could it just be hormonal changes I have?
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get you butt to the doctors now. what you want to lose a breast?? Do you want to Die??
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Some have pain with breast cancer, but what is really scary is that a lot of women HAVE NO SYMPTOMS. No pain, no discharge, sometimes they won't even feel the lump that is growing within their breast. If breast cancer is prevalent in your family, I would strongly suggest that you take the time to get that mammogram. IF there is cancer, the sooner it is detected, the more successful treatment will be.
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Sometimes you can have pain with breast cancer, but most breast cancers do not present with pain. Also, you can have breast pain that is caused things other than breast cancer. This is why we have breast cancer screening, because there are no reliable signs whether you have, or don't have, breast cancer. A screening program is anything that is designed to detect a condition in the general public. If all breast cancers caused pain the instant they occurred, there would be no need to screen women for it, because all cases of breast cancer would then be detectable by virtue of having breast pain. In the field of breast cancer, because it has been studied so extensively, there are very clear guidelines on detection and screening and every woman should familiarize themselves with them. Visit the American College of Radiology web site, or ask you doctor.
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I HAD BREAST CANCER FOUR YEARS AGO MY DOCTOR TOLD ME I WASWORRYING FOR NO REASON THAT I DID NOT HAVE CANCER WELL I TRUSTED HIM SO I WENT FOR ANOTHER ELEVEN MONTHS THEN I STARTED HAVING PAIN A DIMPLING AND IT DEVELOPED A SWELLING WELL I DID HAVE CANCER WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED BY ANOTHER DOCTOR MY TUMOR WAS 16 BY15 CENTIMETERS I HAD CHEMO LYMPH NODES REMOVED AN REMOVAL OF ONLY THE TUMOR I STILL HAVE MY BREAST I AM STILL HERE OVER FOUR YEARS LATER I TELL EVERYONE I HAVE AN ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER DO NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES WITH YOUR LIFE I YOU ARE CONCERNED BY ALL MEANS HAVE A MAMMOGRAM IF IT NOTHING AND IT PROBABLY IS NOTHING BUT MAKE SURE IT WILL GIVE YOU PEACE OF MIND IF NOTHING ELSE I WISH YOU WELL
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I am an alternative medicinal therapist and an ex nurse. You don't always have pain, have you felt for any lumps around your breasts or armpits.It may be your glands or your hormones but please go and see a GP your heath should come first. If you keep putting it off and have breast cancer it will soon be to late for any treatment and it can be fatal. Gloria(BSYA) gloriashealth@btinternet.com

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