Is breast cancer harder to detect after breast reconstruction?
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Yes.  Consider several factors:\n\nHow badly do you need the breast reconstruction? entirely up to you, your self, and your situation.\n\nWhat caused the breast cancer?  Lifestyle?  Exposure to something in the environment?  Genetic?\n\nIf you really, really need the reconstruction to live a normal life, then get it.  It may shorten your life, but it will be a shorter, normal life.  It may also never pose a problem.\n\nIf you don't need it but would like it, consider the odds of your breast cancer recurring.  Can you change your lifestyle?  Your environment?  Or is it genetic?  Do you have a lot of cancer (particularly breast) in your family?   Your doctor may, through biopsies, be able to tell you a little bit more about your genetic predisposition.\n\nIf you think you have a high genetic predisposition, only get the construction if absolutely essential.\n\n\nWhether you do or you don't....We do NOT do enough follow-up for breast cancer in the US/Canada.  It is, in my opinion, worth the extra money for more frequent checkups.  Early diagnosis means everything, and can be the difference between a very minor surgery and years of tragic battles.
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Aside from the issue of the type of implant, ALL implants will make it more difficult to detect an early breast cancer with mammography.  The implant appears white on the film, and it makes it impossible to see the breast tissue through the implant.  If you must get implants, make sure you get them placed behind the chest wall.  As you know, the earlier you find a breast cancer, the better your prognosis and your QUALITY of life.  Please do your own research.
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Yes, some types of breast cancer. Two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, have been linked to the rare familial form of breast cancer. Women in families expressing mutations in these genes have a much higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who do not. Not all people who inherit mutations in these genes will develop breast cancer. Together with Li-Fraumeni syndrome (p53 mutations), these genetic aberrations determine around 5% of all breast cancer cases, suggesting that the remainder is sporadic. Genetic counseling and genetic testing should be considered for families who may carry a hereditary form of cancer.\n\nWhile you cannot prevent breast cancer, it can be detected early which reduces its impact. The U.S. National Cancer Institute recommends screening mammography with a baseline mammogram at age 35, mammograms every two years beginning at age 40, and then annual mammograms beginning at age 50. In the UK women are invited to attend for screening once every three years beginning at age 50. Women with a family history of breast cancer should start screening mammography at an earlier age, and it is usually suggested to start screening at an age that is 10 years less than the age at which a relative was diagnosed with breast cancer. Cancers detected by mammography are smaller than those clinically diagnosed increasing the chances that the breast can be saved.
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You would be surprised what they can tell from a mammogram.  They can actually tell if this is just dense breast tissue or a cyst or tumor of some sort.  They will probably do an ultrasound on it as well.  If they still can't tell, the next step will either be a needle core biopsy or MRI.  Probably the MRI, this is the most accurate, non-invasive test they have.  I went through this process myself last year.  I suffer from fibrocystic breast disease and have MULTIPLE fibroid tumors in my breasts.  Each of these tumors is benign.  However, I continue to have my annual mammograms where they send me through the entire battery of tests to make sure none of these fibroids have become cancer.  If there is any question whatsoever in your doctors' minds about this lump in your breast, they will biopsy and/or remove it.
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it is not like that , what u r telling . breast cancer were previously also in such frequency , which is at present . but now a days public awareness is much more  as compare to previous ones , women are more causious , regular self - breast examination is increasing in women . one of factor is also people are becoming more and more westernize < life style midification >, it will also one of factor  .
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Yes, I had it done about 9 months ago. Most insurance company will pay for it if you claim you need to do it for medical reasons. Problems with your back, rashes. I had  my breast and a tummy tuck done. I will tell you this, tummy was much less painful. I would get it done all over again but the plastic surgeons underestimate the breast surgery it was painful.
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Many women choose to have breast reconstruction performed in conjunction with the mastectomy.  http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/mastectomy.jsp
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There may not be an early warning signs.  As it grows it can produce symptoms such as a lump or thickening in the breast or underarm, change in size or shape of the breast, nipple discharge or nipple turning inward, redness or scaling of the skin or nipple, and ridges or pitting of the breast skin.  If you experience these symptoms, it doesn't necessarily mean you have breast cancer, but you need to be examined by a doctor.
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A friend once told me that the scar under the breast does fade a lot, but even after a full year it can still be seen when you are on top and the lights are on.  She didn't seem too worried about it.  I wouldn't be either.  The rewards of back pain relief totally outweigh the drawback of minor scarring.\n\nThere are lots of before and after plastic surgery pictures on the internet.  Try http://www.smartplasticsurgery.com for a few.\n\nRemember that some procedures are riskier than others.  Weigh that against scarring.
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A small percent of the cancer are not detected by mammogram or ultrasound.  Since your doctor can feel it, it needs to be biopsied.  It can be cancer but it can also be other benign things such as a fibroadenoma or cyst.\n\nGood luck
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sorry for you loss, you need to start being checked yearly...early detection is the key.  my aunt had breast cancer and she has been cancer free since 1997, I started being check then, I was 27 and now I and 36 and last week had a suspicious mass removed, thank God it was not cancer, only had the characteristics.  be safe and good luck!
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It depends on the size and how advanced the tumor is but the fact the doctor is operating is a very good sign because he/she wouldn't if he/she didn't think your friend would make it.
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Yes.  Check it out. Go to your county hospital.  Trust me, this is very important.  Men can develpoe breast cancer just as women can & drainage from the nipple is a symptom.  Good luck.
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No, it's almost impossible because your milk ducts are full of milk and when you touch your breast all you feel are the lumps from your swollen milk ducts.  It's very hard to check for breast cancer while nursing.
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Just FYI Pancoast tumors aren't always cancerous.  I know someone who just had one resected, and it was found to be fibrous tissue.  No cancer.  He didn't smoke either.
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At 50, the same as everyone else (in the UK anyway). You just need to check your breasts regularly and if you have any concerns about lumps or changes in skin texture etc, see your doctor.\n\nMammograms are not effective in detecting breast cancers in young women, as young women have a lot of fibrous tissue in their breasts, which makes it difficult to differentiate between normal breast tissue and breast lumps. Later in life, the breasts become less fibrous and mammograms are more effective. Ultrasound can be used to visualise suspicious breast lumps in younger women, and this would be ordered by your doctor if you did find a lump.\n\nIt also depends how strong the family history is of breast cancer. There are some genetic links, but that doesn't explain every case of breast cancer. If, for example, your maternal grandmother, your mother, and some of your mothers sisters all had breast cancer, then yes, you are more likely to carry a gene for it. But if just one or two people have had it, and if they've been over 50 and aren't first degree relatives, it's less likely.\n\nI don't think you'll need extra screening for breast cancer, but you should be very careful in breast self-examination regularly.
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Sounds great. However, I know a friend of mine eventually had surgery for breast reductuion (shame), because it was troubling her. I think she had back aches, but I am not sure - also don't really know what size she was.