breast cancer & crohn's

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quiggy
quiggy Member Posts: 315
edited June 2018 in Breast Cancer with Another Diagnosis or Comorbidity

Diagnosed with IDC last week, living with Crohn's for years.  Anyone in the same boat?  Wondering if one impacts the other.  Can't find much research.

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited November 2014

    Welcome to Breastcancer.org. We're sorry you have to be here, but glad you found us!

    Besides sharing your experiences and learning from other members here at the boards, you may also want to take a look at the Breast Cancer 101section from the main site, which is designed to help you sort through all of the information on our site to find what is more relevant to you right now.

    Also reliable information on IDC — Invasive Ductal Carcinoma where you'll learn about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, etc.

    We have done searching on our main site and other quality sites and there is certainly very little relating Crohn's to BC or treatment conflicts. We hope that some members here may be able to help with your question.

    We hope this helps!

    The Mods

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  • Aliceinchains
    Aliceinchains Member Posts: 64
    edited May 2018

    yes. My oncologist said there is a direct correlation between Crohn’s and breast cancer. My breast cancer is HER2

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  • quiggy
    quiggy Member Posts: 315
    edited May 2018

    Aliceinchains

    Would be interested to learn about your OC's research on this. I tried to find info., came up empty. My OC claimed "could be" but wasn't aware of any data.

    Makes sense, auto immunity all around!

    Wishing you all the best.

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  • Aliceinchains
    Aliceinchains Member Posts: 64
    edited May 2018

    @quiggy, yeah, my Onc didn’t even blink when he said that Crohn’s has a direct correlation to my BC. He said it has to do with a compromised immune system. Made total sense to me. I feel lucky to have such a brilliant oncologist, they are not all great and I see people all the time with Oncs that just don’t care enough.

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  • Egads007
    Egads007 Member Posts: 1,603
    edited May 2018

    Interesting, so glad you posted. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis shortly after treatment.

    Get a load of this:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/16169781/

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  • deedledee
    deedledee Member Posts: 63
    edited June 2018

    Very interesting. Thank you for posting. My mom is oldest of 10. All 10 have ulcerative colitis. I'm the first in family with the beast. I am the oldest of three-all girls. Now a year later my sister who is 8 years younger has just been diagnosed with melanoma-sugery tomorrow. None of us girls with UC but seems like we're supporting their findings.


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