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Old 12-16-2011, 02:07 PM   #8
1rarebird
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Re: Thyroid desease and breast cancer

I don't know which way my case would impact your search for antectodal information on the possible link between thyroid disease and breast cancer. But I was diagnosed as sub-clinical hyperthyroid for almost 8 years before learning that I also had breast cancer. My oncologist didn't think there was a connection. My endocrinologist thought there might be. At any rate, my thyroid was removed after I was finished with Herceptin, chemo and radiation because it was covered with lesions that looked suspicious to the doctors. The thyroid turned out to be benign and I am now on levothyroxine for life. I suspect there is a link.---bird
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Male Breast Cancer, DX 5/15/09, IDC, STAGE 1, 1.7 cm, HER2+++, ER+(95%)/PR+(75%), Ki67 40%, grade 3, 0/5 nodes, TX: mastectomy, TCH finished 7/19/10, radiation 6 wks., Tamoxifen on going, bisphosphonate 24 mos.
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