1306. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Apr 08, 2008, 3:03 pm PDT

Please remember that INFLAMMATORY Breast Cancer also exists, and is much more difficult to detect. It is often too late to completely cure by the time it is detected and propertly treated. Please go to www.ibcresearch.org for more information about this particular type of under-funded and under-researched breast cancer that my 36 year old cousin died from last week. Thank you.

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1307. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Apr 08, 2008, 4:23 pm PDT

i had a lump for years and finally i got the right dr it was not cancerous but dr said it had all characters of it yes i have a scar but it is gone and i am 59 years young and plan to live a long time

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1308. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 11, 2008, 5:55 am PDT

I have a knot in my breast and the Dr. says it is fibrocystic tissue and will never turn into cancer. Is that true? Also I have heard if the knot is sore or painful that it isn't anything to worry about, is that true?

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1309. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 11, 2008, 6:09 pm PDT

Thank you for the article. I appreciate your reply on: If you don't have a family history of breast cancer, you won't get it yourself. It makes sense that you could be at risk even if you had no family history. I have a question about your comment on antiperspirant though: Isn't there a link between aluminum (antiperspirants normally contain aluminum salts) and cancer? And if there has been "no research", how can it be claimed as false? Shouldn't the answer be "we don't know"? According to the National National Cancer Institute (www.cancer.gov) : "Because studies of antiperspirants and deodorants and breast cancer have provided conflicting results, additional research is needed to investigate this relationship and other factors that may be involved." Wouldn't it be best to avoid anyway...not to mention the fact that antiperspirants clog the sweat glands preventing the natural release of toxins from the body. There are natural crystal deodorants that work just fine.

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1310. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, May 17, 2008, 8:57 pm PDT

Hello- I just found your site, and overall found it very helpful. Our family is going through some tough times right now ... this particular article is missing crucial facts regarding genetics & cancer gene mutation and how much that is relevant to the statistics and probability of someone getting cancer .. please do some current research to update this somewhat nonchalant article. My mother passed of ovarian cancer at 57, my older sister 47, has breast cancer, my youngest sister 37, has ovarian and breast cancer. I am positive for the cancer gene mutation,after taking the BRCA test. At 44, I just had a full hysterectomy. I am now a more informed candidate for breast cancer, and will have to think differently. I am hoping that will be more information re: genetics soon as it truly affects everyone. Thank you.

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