Skin basal cell carcinoma and breast cancer?

[lizm100]

Thank you guest, for pointing that out. Some women may not be aware of that. Actually when I initially went to see a dermatologist that was one of the questions on the patient questionnnare (specifically to melonoma). Fortunately cancer does not run in my family. In a family of all girls (I'm the youngest of 6 girls) and the only one that has ever been diagnosed with breast cancer and the only one on both; my maternal (family of 18) and paternal (family of 14) as well. But none of us can be too careful, since cancer is very sneeky(sp?) and obviously does not discriminate.

[Montana]

I had numerous (20+) basal cells removed beginning about 25 years ago. Since diagnosis in 2004, I've had more plus 1 squamous cell and one stage 0 melanoma on my leg last year. I see the dermatologist twice a year to have the new basal cells removed. They just keep cropping up. Fortunately, I recognized the melanoma as such early on before it got too nasty.

[sassy]

This thread really got me thinking about other things that might be related to BC that occured prior to DX.

As far back as I can remember, I had what appeared to be a light colored mole, surrounded by an area that had no pigmentation, just above the areola on my affected breast. Cancer related?

Also, for several months prior to dx, I had an "itch" in the area where the upper edge of my bra joined the side elastic going under the arm. I was constantly hooking my thumb under my bra to scratch the itch. I now realize that the itch was in the area where my very small tumor and larger area of necrosis was found. Could I somehow have been "feeling" the cancer? Or was this just coincidence? Didn't have the same "itch" in the other breast.