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NanaJoni · 12-15-2010, 10:27 AM

Very interesting study results. I've had many needle biopsies to check out cysts over the last 30 years. Three years ago the doctor who read my mammogram refused to do a biopsy even after I asked her to - I was so worried about it being cancer. Now I know why and am guessing that the inflammation connection to BC is being accepted by the medical professionals. And I also find it interesting that the two tumors I developed are exactly in the area where most of the cycts and biopsies were.

12-15-2010, 10:27 AM	#5
NanaJoni Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Elizabethton, TN Posts: 418	Re: breast inflammation via NFK beta may be key to BC initiation and progression Very interesting study results. I've had many needle biopsies to check out cysts over the last 30 years. Three years ago the doctor who read my mammogram refused to do a biopsy even after I asked her to - I was so worried about it being cancer. Now I know why and am guessing that the inflammation connection to BC is being accepted by the medical professionals. And I also find it interesting that the two tumors I developed are exactly in the area where most of the cycts and biopsies were. __________________ Joni -64 yrs old - 3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast 3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated 3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear 3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side 4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides 5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo 07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side. 07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin 08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont. 12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks 4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc. 5/2011 - NED!!! port out. 8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED 7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed. 2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.