An oncologist told me a few years ago, the younger you develop breast cancer, the more aggressive it tends to be.
They place great emphasis on age when deciding who can have the cancer gene test if it is breast cancer.If Ovarian cancer then you dont have the same age restrictions..which I had to point out to my insurance company
“An oncologist told me a few years ago, the younger you develop breast cancer, the more aggressive it tends to be.”
That is awful. A cousin of mine who is a doctor said as a person ages their chances of developing a cancer increases. My friend’s Uncle Steve celebrated his 100th birthday in October. Uncle Steve found out he had stomach cancer and was gone by January.
An oncologist told me a few years ago, the younger you develop breast cancer, the more aggressive it tends to be.
My mom had a breast cancer tumor removed when she was 72 years old. It was stage 2, a few cancer cells were found in her lymph nodes. She had surgery, but she did not need radiation or traditional chemo. She took Tamoxifen (an estrogen regulator) for a while.
She’s 91 going on 92, frail and small but cancer-free with no serious medical/physical problems.
Just a data point:
My mom got breast cancer at 80. She is 86 and healthy.
A young woman in her church developed breast cancer at 34. She died a year later.
I've heard the same, but many women diagnosed in their early 30's live another 10 years or more. Some are still alive in their 50's, 60's, and beyond. For me - diagnosis pre-menopausal aged mid-40's with an aggressive form. Nine years later, still "no evidence of disease."
There are so many different types of BC. You can never know when/if it will return. Sorry to hear about Shannen's recurrence.