Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: 453 Real Stories
453 stories match breast cancer and chemotherapy. 392 of them mention surgery.
Breast Cancer: Dagmar’s Patient Story
Dagmar Schiffer was 51 when she found a lump in her breast in 2011. Because her mother had also had breast cancer, she quickly saw her gynecologist. Breast cancer was diagnosed, and Dagmar had breast-conserving surgery with removal of affected lymph nodes…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Kirsten’s Survivor Story
Kirsten Seifert was 52, married, and working as a freelance sports trainer when breast cancer was diagnosed. She had 3 adult children and received the diagnosis about 1 year before rehabilitation. Her gynecologist first advised immediate surgery, but Kirsten…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Sonja’s Patient Story
Sonja Zeiss-Wengler was 51 when she described breast cancer diagnosed at the end of 2006. She had been under regular gynecologic monitoring because of a hard area in the breast. When her gynecologist noticed that something had changed, she was referred for…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Elke’s Survivor Story
Elke Ferch was 66 at the time of her interview and had first been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1991. The diagnosis came as a shock, especially because she was still a young woman and had to face losing a breast. Surgery removed her right breast and about…
Read this storyBRCA2 Breast Cancer: Heiner’s Survivor Story
Heiner Töpfer was 66 at the time of his interview. In 2011, he accidentally felt a lump in his breast and went to the gynecologist of his then partner. Ultrasound and biopsy showed a malignant tumor. A CT scan found that the tumor was locally limited, which…
Read this storyBRCA2 Breast Cancer: Tanja’s Patient Story
Tanja Auer was 46, married, and a mother when she looked back on 2 breast cancer diagnoses. In March 2012, after feeling a lump in her breast, a biopsy confirmed breast cancer. The diagnosis felt overwhelming, but she asked for a week to think before moving…
Read this storyStage IV Breast Cancer: Tova’s Patient Story
Tova Goldblum was 60 when she described a breast cancer diagnosis that had begun in 1992. At that time, doctors advised removal of the breast. Living in Germany far from her family, she felt very alone with the diagnosis and the treatment decisions. Lists of…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Nurguel’s Patient Story
Nurguel Dogan was 40, married, and the mother of 2 sons when she described breast cancer diagnosed in 2009. A lump was found during regular early-detection care, and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. Her first worry was for her sons, who were 10 and 11…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Marion’s Survivor Story
Marion Pfulding was 54 at the time of her interview. Because her mother had died of breast cancer more than 35 years earlier, regular early-detection care mattered to her. After moving to a new city, there was a break while she found new doctors. Once she…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Rosemarie’s Survivor Story
Rosemarie Berthel was 74 at the time of her interview and had received her breast cancer diagnosis at 71. She was widowed, the mother of 4, and already a grandmother and great-grandmother. Mammography had shown scattered abnormal cells in 2007, but she…
Read this storyStage I Breast Cancer: Jess’s Patient Story
Jess was 54 when breast cancer was found after her sister encouraged her to get a mammogram because of her age. She had not noticed symptoms, so the Stage I diagnosis came as a shock. Fear, sadness, grief, loneliness, and worry hit quickly, and the experience…
Read this storyStage III Breast Cancer: Kim’s Survivor Story
Kim A. was 49 when she shared her Stage III breast cancer experience. More than 3 years earlier, a sharp, shooting pain in her right breast led her to notice a lump. Mammogram, ultrasound, and biopsies confirmed Stage III breast cancer with lymph node…
Read this storyStage II Breast Cancer Patient Story
A woman was 38 in June 2007 when her partner felt a large lump in her breast and encouraged her to make a hospital appointment. A mammogram did not show a problem, and the first doctor sounded reassuring, but ultrasound clearly showed the mass. Further…
Read this storyBreast Cancer Patient Story
A woman had already completed chemotherapy and surgery for breast cancer and had returned to work when a 1-year postoperative checkup brought upsetting news: the cancer had spread to lymph nodes. The recurrence did not shock her in the same way as the…
Read this storyStage IV Breast Cancer Patient Story
A woman who had always been active, healthy, and busy with work and family noticed a lump in the lower inner part of her left breast. For a long time, she tried to convince herself it was a benign breast condition. A doctor's exam changed everything. Testing…
Read this storyBreast Cancer Survivor Story
A woman found a breast lump herself and had it checked when a breast specialist was visiting a nearby clinic. She was quickly sent to a hospital for testing and was diagnosed with breast cancer. The time from discovery to surgery moved fast, but she felt…
Read this storyBreast Cancer Patient Story
In March, a woman found a lump in her right breast. Encouraged by her husband, she decided to go to the hospital even though she had never imagined she might have cancer. The diagnosis was a shock, and thoughts of death came immediately. Her children were…
Read this storyBreast Cancer Patient Story
A woman in her 20s found a lump in her breast in June and quickly went for screening. The diagnosis was right breast cancer. She had breast-conserving surgery, but because the lump was fairly large, very little of the breast remained. Seeing the large scar…
Read this storyBreast Cancer Survivor Story
About 5 years earlier, a woman learned that the results of a health check were concerning. She was encouraged to face the results directly and receive treatment. Further testing confirmed cancer, described as early-stage disease. Because it had been found…
Read this storyStage I HR-Positive Breast Cancer Patient Story
On April 17, 2008, a woman’s husband noticed a lump in her right breast. She went to a clinic with mammography, where the lump could also be felt on examination. Cytology soon showed a strong suspicion of malignancy, and she was referred to a hospital…
Read this storyBreast Cancer Patient Story
This woman had been living with breast cancer for 7.5 years after her first diagnosis. During that time, the cancer recurred or metastasized twice. Early on, she approached surgery and treatment with a practical mindset, telling herself that the diagnosis had…
Read this storyStage III Breast Cancer: Irmina’s Survivor Story
Irmina, 64, is from Colombia and was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer after a routine health examination found the disease unexpectedly. She had no symptoms and no family history of cancer, so the diagnosis came as a shock. At first, she felt fearful…
Read this storyStage II Breast Cancer: Alba’s Patient Story
Alba, 58, first went to the doctor because of unexplained weight loss. During breast cancer screening, doctors found a painless lump in her right breast, and a biopsy confirmed Stage II breast cancer. She also described physical fatigue during the process…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Belsy’s Survivor Story
Belsy, 47, was diagnosed with breast cancer more than 3 years after she noticed what felt like a small ball while bathing. She was told the tumor was among the most severe and aggressive forms possible, and the diagnosis made her feel isolated, lonely…
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