Men and breast cancer
Not sure if this link will work; tech not my best
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The link works, thanks.
There's not many men visiting BCO these days. In any case, I hang around in case the odd one drops in.
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Thanks for hanging around. Diagnosed Oct 17, 2018. Surgery and sentinel node biopsy Nov 16, 2018. Just starting the journey. So far everyone has been very supportive.
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For all the men out there, if you feel a lump do not hesitate to have it checked out. My only symptom was a hard, palpable , immobile, painless lump in my left breast 1.7 cm x 1.2cm x 1.4cm in size. My radiologist and sonographer gave it a BI-RADS 5 score. Which means >95% chance of malignancy. The biopsy was a only a little unpleasant. It came back as Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) the most common breast cancer in men. Estrogen positive, Progesterone positive and HER2 negative, My lymph nodes looked clear on ultrasound but the sentinel node biopsy will give the true picture. The one area of concern was the tumor grade of 2-3. So a pretty high grade tumor but not totally a 3, which is good. Surgery and the Sentinel Node Biopsy are scheduled for Nov 16 only 4 weeks after diagnosis. The surgeon will send the tumor off for ONCOTYPE DX test. So unless I have node involvement or a high ONCO score, no Chemo! Radiation is still in play because the tumor is close to the skin. Surgery will tell if there is skin involvement. If so, then radiation. But as of right now just a complete mastectomy and hormonal treatment (tamoxifen).
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Welcome SafetyGuy. It's great to hear that you and your team are on the case without delay. Your ++- gene expression is a typical guy result and glad to hear you may dodge chemo. The rads are pretty essential.
Do you have any bc in your family? What age are you.? Where are you located? I'm here to support you in any way I can.
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To answer your questions I lost an aunt (Father's sister) in 2016 to BC. Quite a bit of cancer on my father's side of the family. Both my father and his brother lost their battle with kidney cancer. My dad's 2 sisters had BC and my grandfather( Dad's father ) was lost to prostate cancer, but at the ripe old age of 86. I am turning 56 on Oct 31. I live in Chesapeake, Virginia. It has been on my bucket list to take a trip down under.
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Beacause of the the family history of rare cancers in the family genetic testing was done. BRAC1, BRAC2 and p53 in particular.
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I'm sorry to hear of your family histories of different cancers. Certainly these are likely factors in your diagnosis. Were any of those genetic mutations found in DNA testing by you?
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So far none. Negative for BRAC1, BRAC2 and p53. Broader testing is underway.
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