Getting cancer in the other breast

kathysea

With all the statistics out there, has anyone found one that tells us the ratio between women who developed cancer in the other breast as oppose to those who never developed cancer in the other breast?  The fear of reoccurence haunts me often.

maryannecb

I have read that every 1/200 survivors gets a new BC in the other breast/year. Previous lobular cancers are twice as likely.

So a new cancer is NOT that likely, right?

Fists up!

nosurrender

Having breast cancer in one breast makes you more prone to getting it in the other breast. But if it comes back to the other breast it is not a recurrance- it is considered a new primary- just like getting your first cancer all over again.

There was a study that women who got rads on one breast were increasing their odds of getting bc in the other breast as well.

I had idc, triple neg in the left breast and five years later got lobular, er/pr+ in the right breast. Had to start all over again from scratch. 

sharebear

I had invasive ductal, triple neg in the right breast and 12 years later got invasive ductal, triple neg in the left breast. The first time I had a lumpectomy, 28 nodes removed all neg., radiation and 5FU chemo. This time bi-lateral mast, SNB 5 nodes removed all neg, 4 dd of AC and 12 wkly taxotere. I've been done now for 2 months. All scans say I'm clear still.

Sharon