February 2024
Hi there all,ππ , I am wondering if anyone here have heard of or have had electrochemotherapy?? I have locally advanced breast cancer in the skin and I have heard/ read that electrochemotherapy is now a new, apparently relatively successful treatment for that. It was developed in Europe and is used in some hospitals in the UK. I also know Peter MaCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne have done some treatments with this method. It is a local treatment, so you donβt get all the side effect of chemotherapy. I am just wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with this type of treatment. I would really appreciate some information regarding its possibilities. Thanks.π
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December 2023
Hi there, I am wondering if anyone out there have had breast cancer returning in the skin!!! I had a mastectomy and sentinel node removed 10 years ago. A year ago the scar from the sentinel node removal started itching. My GP sent me for an Ultra Sound. Nothing showing ! 6 months later small itchy pimple size lumps had developed. US again, but nothing showing! 1 year later the lumps are a little bigger and I see my doctor at the Outpatient Surgery at the Hospital. They are not concerned but I want to know what is making these lumps in my armpit, so they do a biopsy and find "small nests of hormone positive breast cancer cells". They suggest a full on radiation and chemo treatment but I am not ready for that yet!!! As I generally feel really good. Now I have also noticed thickening of the skin on my chest wall. My doctors have said this is uncommon and therefore not easily picked up by them. I would love to hear from anyone who has some experience with this. Thanks in advanceπ Ginny
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