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Those stats came from a book that I was given when I went for counseling. My counseling was at The Center for Cancer Genetis at the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Institute here in Savannah. I also met with a oncologist that deals specifically with womens gynecologic cancers. In addition to the chart (didn't really look like one though), there is a section on Preventative Surgery. In it-
"Bilateral mastectomy can reduce a second primary breast cancer by 90%."
and
"Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes) can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by 96% and reduce the risk of breast cancer by 68% in women with BRCA mutations."
Also, there is something called chemoprevention, where Tamoxifen and oral contriceptives are shown to reduce the risk in women with BRCA mutations
Have more if you want it-
Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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