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Modified radical mastectomy

New study from Finland [1]. This topic has been raised before. "Antihypertensive drug use overall was associated with an increased risk of PCa-specific death (Pre-PCa: 1.21...). "With respect to the separate drug groups, angiotensin II type 1 receptor (ATr) blockers, were associated with improved survival

Radical Prostatectomy as Primary Treatment for Prostate Cancer Leads to Better Survival June 16, 2020, Wayne Kuznar (looks familiar, but I don't remember posting -Patrick) Results presented at the American Urological Association 2020 Virtual Meeting demonstrated that of men who received

Hey gents. I'm new to Malecare (as of June 2020) and am looking forward to being part of this community of gay men who are prostate cancer survivors. My nerve-sparing, robotically-assisted radical prostatectomy was Sept, 2019. (80% of my right nerve bundle was spared, 100% spared on left.) Recovery was

This is my first post. I am 18 months out from a radical prostatectomy at U of Penn. Gleason 9, no mets, feeling great and currently monitoring PSA quarterly. PSA has risen from post surg 0.009 to current 0.063. Plan is to not intervene with ADT/RT unless PSA gets closer to 0.2. In addition to

Hi everyone - I'm posting on behalf of my mom, Maria. She was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer in 2012, had a mastectomy and was put on tamoxifen (no chemo). We found out it came back in September of 2018. She currently has 2 tumors in her bone - t2 and l4 regions (only bone, no organs). She has

Hi All, It has been long since I asked a question regarding the situation of my Father. Following is his medical history: In March 2019 he (62 years old and diabetic) was diagnosed with Advanced Prostate Cancer with multiple meds in bones and spine. PSA at that time was more than 100 ( do not have the

As most of you know I’ve been struggling despite the steroid injections into the knees and starting Sulfasalazine. I had my follow up with my rheumatologist earlier this afternoon and the upshot is that the steroid injections lasted all of three weeks. The Sulfasalazine she was hoping would have had

Hello everyone Since the beginning of lockdown we have been running a number of online support and information sessions around different topics, to help support our community at this time. This week’s sessions will be: BRCA: Risk-reducing mastectomy chatter - Monday 8 June 2-3pm https://www.ovacome.org.uk

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My mother in law is 60year old and was diagnosed with a stage1- 1inch malignant lump with h1+ in her right breast. We moved forward and had her right mastectomy done within 2weeks of detection. After one month we started chemo with docetaxel, carboplatin and trastuzumab as suggested by medical oncologist

Diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer in my right breast in 2015, estrogen and progesterone positive. I subsequently had a mastectomy followed by radiation with clean margins and with no evidence of disease. A couple years later, I had breast reconstruction and it was discovered that my breast

Hello ladies. I am new and just got my results. I am soon to be 53 years old next month. I was told today I have Invasive Cancer stage II and Grade 3. It's right on the Nipple area so I chosen to go with Mastectomy of my left breast and get reconstructed later. Good news due to a cancellation my surgery

After being very stressed about her telling me someone would call and it would be about more than likely getting radiation FIVE DAYS a week from 3 to 6 weeks. I know from a friend that had stage 2 and had chemo, mastectomy, radiation and that the radiation for her was the worse part of it. She said

Since there seemed to be some uncertainty as to what I had shared on a previous post, here are all 8 PCa nomograms and the explanations for each....... https://www.mskcc.org/nomograms/prostate (1) Our pre-radical prostatectomy nomogram is for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer who have not yet

Hi Guys, My Father (age 62) was diagnosed PC with a 14 PSA Score. 2 Months ago he had a robotic radical prostatectomy surgery. Patalogy report specified; pT3aN1M0, Gleaseon 7 (4+3), Pattern 4 rate %60, Grade Group 3 and unfortunattelly surgical margin is positive. (Carcinoma metastasis in 2 of 10 removed

Hi I am Debbie and I am from Belfast. Mentally and physically I have been turned inside out with my diagnosis and treatment. I need to take back control of something in my life and am Hoping that by completing the C25K I can do this. I had completed 4 park runs before my diagnosis and I would absolutely

I’ve been taking it for a couple months. It seems to work! When I do have a severe attack I use medical marijuana in vape form and it completely eases it and I can go back to sleep!

Hi, I’m 37 and a mother of 2 boys, the youngest is 19months. I was diagnosed with multifocal invasive lobular carcinoma in my right breast 13 days ago and am a little shaken! So far my doctors don’t suspect any lymph node involvement and the tumor is ER+ PR+ and HER2- which is leading to an excellent

After having Mastectomy and Chemo (2018) and 18 months of tamoxifen I have now been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer of the bones (spine and ribs). Any other gents in same situation ? Glenn