Re: [Wellness] Pat's message.

["Mott Sarah E" <mott.se@mellon.com>]

Title: Message

 

Be aware ladies that there are different kinds of mastectomies...a radical procedure (used long ago) used to not only remove the breast but much of the pec muscles across the front of your chest. This ensured that virtually all the breast tissue was removed....but without the musculature the patient was often left with significant disability in the use of her arm(s). Recurrence was rare.

 

More modern procedures "peel" the breast tissue off the face of the muscle...leaving you with more normal use of your arms but does not ensure that all the breast tissue is gone, thus there is still some risk of recurrence.

 

I do not know all the stats on recurrence, but they will vary considerably with the stage of the primary cancer, the type of  treatment, and whether there are genetic indicators also.

 

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: wellness-bounces@womens-wellness.com [mailto:wellness-bounces@womens-wellness.com] On Behalf Of Diane Swimmer
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:24 PM
To: 'Cindy BURKE'; wellness@womens-wellness.com
Subject: Re: [Wellness] Pat's message.

When I went for my last mammogram the doctor told me she has never seen breast cancer recur in anyone who has had a double mastectomy.  I will do some research.

 

Diane

 

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From: wellness-bounces@womens-wellness.com [mailto:wellness-bounces@womens-wellness.com] On Behalf Of Cindy BURKE
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:01 AM
To: wellness@womens-wellness.com
Subject: Re: [Wellness] Pat's message.

 

 

Hi Everyone...

 

I just wanted to jump in here for a quick second regarding the family tendency to breast cancer and other cancers. So sorry, Pat, that you and your family face this.

 

My husband's family has a  tendency to ovarian cancer, which you may know also might predispose them to breast cancer as they are linked. My mother-in-law had stage 3 ovarian cancer ( and survived it), her sister died of it, her aunt died from it, her grandmother died from it, and now her niece has it. You could understand my concern since I have a daughter, age 28, and a sister- in -law who now has had both ovaries out.

 

When mentioning this phenomena to my gynecologist last year he said that my sister- in- law probably did not protect herself from ovarian cancer by having her ovaries out, as yes...you can have ovarian cancer without ovaries. I am sure this is probably the case with breast cancer. Also, just as there are many types of breast cancer, there are many types of ovarian cancer and some , but certainly not all.....are genetic.

 

His family has considered initiating a genetic study of the family and may still do that. So, that is a possibility I am sure for your family as well.  

 

Very best wishes....

~Cindy

 

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