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1rarebird · 01-30-2013, 03:55 PM

I worked 30 years in industrial and environmental settings where exposure to higher than natural background radiation was always a potential. However, I suspect the chemical carcinogens I was more frequently exposed to over those years may have more to do with my breast cancer than the radiation exposure. It is ironic to me that after my diagnosis some of the treatments I received included both radiation and possibly carcinogenic compounds that affect normal cellular growth. But sometimes I suppose you have to fight fire with fire.---bird

01-30-2013, 03:55 PM	#14
1rarebird Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: TN Posts: 175	Re: How many of you worked in professions where you were exposed to radiation I wonde I worked 30 years in industrial and environmental settings where exposure to higher than natural background radiation was always a potential. However, I suspect the chemical carcinogens I was more frequently exposed to over those years may have more to do with my breast cancer than the radiation exposure. It is ironic to me that after my diagnosis some of the treatments I received included both radiation and possibly carcinogenic compounds that affect normal cellular growth. But sometimes I suppose you have to fight fire with fire.---bird __________________ 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.