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I only have one sister (now 49) and she was dxed with ILC (stage 2b) ER+/PR+/HER2- a year ago. She tested negative for BRCA-1 and BRCA-2.
I (age 46) was dxed with IDC (right now, stage 1) ER+/PR+/HER2+ (via IHC - will be getting FISH done soon, I hope). I haven't been tested for BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 (yet).
My maternal grandmother had metastatic uterine cancer and then breast cancer - do not know what type as this was the 1950s. She was about 54 when dx with the breast cancer. She lived for about 15 years with the metastatic uterine cancer amazingly enough. She had a huge amount of abdominal surgery including a colostomy and removal of ileo-bladder but she lived long enough to see my sister and I born and through our single digits years. Her sister also had and died of uterine cancer. Their brother also died of cancer - but not sure what type but he died at a much more advance age.
My paternal grandmother died of uterine cancer, as well, but that was at age 95. YES, 95! She was dxed just after her 95th birthday and it was aggressive. They estimated it was there maybe 6 months. She was gone 12 weeks after dx.
My father had prostate cancer and is doing well and also has had multiple basal cell carcinoma.
My father's only brother had a kidney removed due to cancer. Later he had cancer with metastacized to liver, lungs and bones and died from it. Do not know if it was kidney cancer or something else.
As my sister's GP says, "You were dealt sucky genes".
(In addition to cancers... we have coronary artery disease, diabetes and strokes (my mother) My mother never had a mammogram or pap test. She died of strokes at 72).
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12/01/2006 Initial Dx via stereotactic biopsy - DCIS, grade 3
12/27/2006 Lumpectomy w/ SNB: 2 foci of IDC (largest .3 cm, Grade 2, Notthingham score 6) amid large area of DCIS: No clear margins on the DCIS; re-excision recommended
ER+(55%)/PR+(60+)/HER2+ (2.8+ via IHC?)
01/23/2007 Re-excision Lumpectomy: No clear margins on the DCIS; mastectomy recommended
03/02/2007 Bilateral mastectomy w/ expander implant insertion
03/19/2007 Emergency surgery to fix broken blood vessel in left breast
03/30/2007 Met w/ oncologist; oncologist checking on HER2 status with pathologist and doing some consulting on my case - no treatments for now!
05/02/2007 Next appointment w/ oncologist
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