Question 1

can an oopherectomy reduce breast cancer recurrence in premenopausal women?

Accepted Answer

Quite possibly: Removing the ovaries dramatically decreases your estrogen production. Any estrogen responsive or estrogen receptor positive cancers will lose that stimulation, and decrease the chance of developing that type of cancer. Recurrence risk of estrogen receptor positive cancers will decline.

Question 2

is it likely that a premenopausal breast cancer (dx 38 year old, not triple negative, no fam history of breast cancer) to be hereditary vs. sporadic?

Accepted Answer

Serendipity: Most new cases of breast cancer are non hereditary, radiation/hormone induced  or spontaneous. That is why breast self exam is the first line of defense for detection for women.

Question 3

i have been prescribed phytoestrogens in pills to alleviate hot flashes of my premenopause.  is ii effetive? is it risky on breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes and yes: Estrogen is estrogen.  The source doesn't matter.  Any amount of exogenous (from outside your body) estrogen raises the risk of breast cancer.  The effect is dose-related, that is the more estrogen, the higher the risk.  Although your increase in risk is probably slight, why not use the old tried and true methods a cool cloth on your forehead? Menopause is natural.

Question 4

is breast cancer rare in a 23yo female?

Accepted Answer

Infrequent: but possible.
So be checked.
Particularly, if positive Family history!!

Question 5

what causes breast cancer in young women?

Accepted Answer

Possibly genetic: Breast cancer in younger women has a higher likelihood to be due to genetic abnormailties (so called brca1 and brca2 mutation). There are also many other familial or genetic abnormalities that are rarer. Many of the causes are still unknown. Check the following web page of myriad laboratory. It has a lot of useful information. https://www.myriad.com/
you may also check american cancer society's.

Question 6

is breast cancer rare in women in their 30s?

Accepted Answer

2-10% - Not common: From 2005-2009, the median age at diagnosis for cancer of the breast was 61 years of age.
Approximately 1.8% were diagnosed between 20 and 34; 9.9% between 35 and 44.

Question 7

should women be concerned about breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Yes, but not paranoid.  Make healthy choices and have routine testing when appropriate.  Breast cancer treatments are now very successful.

Question 8

what are the chances a woman recovers from breast cancer if it is caught early?

Accepted Answer

Recovery BreastCA TX: Most of our ladys with early breast ca will have breast conserving therapy, lumpectomy and radiation.  Assuming no chemo is involved these ladys do very well. They will usually miss a few days work right after surgery and than work thur the radiation and be healed up about two to four weeks later. Always be the potential for long term tenderness at the lumpectomy site &rare risk lymphadema.

Question 9

can menopausal women develop breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes: In fact, the risk of breast cancer increases with each passing year.

Question 10

could a 16-year old female have breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes: It is rare, but a dominant mass in a breast at any age needs to be seen by a physician.

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Can an oopherectomy reduce breast cancer recurrence in premenopausal women?

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I have been prescribed phytoestrogens in pills to alleviate hot flashes of my premenopause. is ii effetive? is it risky on breast cancer?

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Is breast cancer rare in a 23yo female?

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What causes breast cancer in young women?

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Is breast cancer rare in women in their 30s?

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Should women be concerned about breast cancer?

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