Location of DCIS and Sleep Position

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KimD
KimD Member Posts: 30
edited June 2014 in DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ)

Hi all,

I was dx'd with DCIS and it happens to be on the side I sleep on and in the outside area of the breast that I put the most pressure on when sleeping.  My GP told me most BC is on the outside of the breast.  I was wondering if there is a link or not.  Has anyone else noticed the same thing?

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  • cinnamonsmiles
    cinnamonsmiles Member Posts: 779
    edited October 2011

    My DCIS was on the opposite side that I sleep on, but I used to roll around more..belly, right/left sides/back. I never hear most breast cancer is on the outside of the breast. Will be interesting to see others' replies where there cancer was located. My DCIS was on the lateral side of the breast,too.

    I am no expert, no scientist, etc. but I have not heard of a link between pressure on the breast from sleeping and breast cancer. Maybe someone else has more info. Beesie has never posted anything about that, that I know of....

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  • iLUV2knit
    iLUV2knit Member Posts: 157
    edited October 2011

    Everything I had read states that something like 80% of breast cancer is found in the outer upper quadrunts (up toward your armpit).  That is where mine is on the right and on the left it is more toward the center/middle behind the nipple. 

    I haven't read anything that says sleeping causes breast cancer in a certain location on the breast and boy have I been reading a lot!!  :-)

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  • Emaline
    Emaline Member Posts: 492
    edited October 2011

    Mine was on lower inner quadrant and I used to sleep on my belly.  I still want to sleep on my belly.  Haven't been able to do that since my biopsy in April!!

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  • momzr
    momzr Member Posts: 111
    edited October 2011

    I don't honestly know if sleep position has anything to do with breast cancer probabilities.  In my case, I tend to sleep more on my right side and the DCIS I had three years ago was found in the left breast so that was certainly not the case with me.  I did, however, find a statistic three years ago in researching things that said breast cancer most commonly occurs in Upper outer quadrant 50% of time, Around nipple 18%, Upper inner quadrant 15%, Outer lower quadrant 11%, and Inner lower quadrant 6%.

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  • CTMOM1234
    CTMOM1234 Member Posts: 633
    edited October 2011

    KimD, I have also thought the very same thing!

    My dcis was totally where I sleep, left side, outer lower quadrant and bottom of left breast. In fact, one of the hardest things about my recovery was finding a comfy sleeping position after the stereo biopsy and again after the lumpectomy. No family history, no known risk factors, and the dcis wasn't in the upper outer quadrant (near upper underarm) or anywhere in the upper half, just where I "squish" into the bed. I also never sleep on my right side, always sleep on my left side.

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