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Category Archives: Breast Cancer
Old age is NOT a contraindication to breast cancer operation
EF, from Jaen, Nueva Ecija was 86 years old when she noted a breast mass, regular marble-sized, on her left breast in January 2009. She discovered it through palpation of her own breasts. She immediately had it checked in March … Continue reading
ROJoson’s MAR: Breast cancer patient dying 13 years after mastectomy
Medical Anecdotal Report Date of Medical Observation: March 2017 NARRATION: Most recently, I encountered a former breast cancer patient of mine (JM) who died 13 years after. She was 62 years old when I operated on her breast cancer in … Continue reading
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Importance of Doing Monthly Breast Self-Examination
Monthly Reminder! Once you discover anything unusual, particularly a dominant mass, consult a breast specialist right away. The breast specialist will do a clinical breast examination and give you a diagnosis. He may order some diagnostic tests if needed. Don’t … Continue reading
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Course of Breast Cancer Patients Who Died
Patient 1: MDA 2016 49-year-old when first seen by me. She had undergone modified radical mastectomy, left, with deltopectoral flap at Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center 2011 (5 years before at age 44) for a 12-cm invasive ductal carcinoma. Axillary … Continue reading
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Anatomy of a Breast Cancer
Anatomy of a breast cancer after wide excision and on cut-section of specimen. Note: there will be varied appearances of breast cancers. This is just one of them. ROJ@17mar2
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Pesticides and Breast Cancer: A Wake Up Call
Last year 2015, my classmate, Dr. Romeo Quijano, gave me this book. I agree it is a wake up call. Be aware. I particularly like these comments and recommendations: “Scientifically it is impossible to prove that a particular pesticide does … Continue reading
Hemangiosarcoma of the Breast
Hemangiosarcoma of the breast is very rare. It is a type of breast cancer. I encountered this in a 22-year-old female patient in 2015. She had a dominant mass with ill-defined border. I was initially thinking of a severe fibrocystic … Continue reading
Cancers in Two Breasts and Still in Remission
It is possible for patients to have breast cancers in their two breasts and still survive and be in long-term remission. Today, I encountered two such patients. BA, 77-year-old female had a breast cancer in her left breast in 1988 (age … Continue reading
DOH Breast Cancer Medicines Access Program at PGH
Below is the process for referring breast cancer patients to the DOH chemo program in PGH Breast Care Center: 1. Establish tissue diagnosis. Should only be the ff: invasive ductal carcinoma, medullary, invasive lobular, mucinous, tubular 2. Establish patient’s stage. … Continue reading
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Value of Breast Self-examination and Breast Specialist Clinical Examination in Breast Cancer Detection
Recently, 2016 January, I had the opportunity to do a breast mass excision on a 49-year-old female suspected of having a recurrent 1-cm fibroadenoma. She had a history of a fibroadenoma excision 20 years ago. She palpated the current … Continue reading
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