doxorubicin for Breast Cancer: 38 Real Stories

38 stories match breast cancer and doxorubicin. 36 of them mention surgery.

  1. Stage II HR-Positive Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: Megan’s Survivor Story

    Stage 2 · ER Positive · Chemotherapy · doxorubicin

    Megan-Claire Chase was diagnosed with Stage II invasive lobular breast cancer after symptoms such as green bruises, brittle hair, sudden weight gain, and a left-breast mass. Her doctors later believed the cancer may have been growing for 8 to 10 years and had…

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  2. Stage II Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: Megan-Claire’s Survivor Story

    Stage 2 · Chemotherapy · doxorubicin

    Megan-Claire Chase was 39 when she was diagnosed with Stage IIA invasive lobular breast cancer. Years before diagnosis, she had a strong family history of cancer and was already watching her body closely. A preventive mammogram at 35 was read as clear, but…

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  3. Stage II Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: Megan-Claire’s Survivor Story

    Stage 2 · Chemotherapy · doxorubicin

    Megan-Claire, also known as Warrior Meg, expected cancer might come from the ovarian or cervical cancer patterns in her family. Instead, she was diagnosed with Stage II invasive lobular breast cancer shortly after turning 39. Earlier, a preventive mammogram…

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  4. Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: Lucinda’s Patient Story

    Chemotherapy · cyclophosphamide

    Lucinda Rudolph was 68 when an annual breast cancer screening in April 2020 led to a frightening local assessment. She had been treated for breast cancer 10 years earlier with lumpectomy and radiation, and this new cancer was initially described as…

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  5. BRCA1 Breast Cancer: Carol’s Survivor Story

    BRCA1 Mutation · Chemotherapy · cyclophosphamide

    In 2018, this patient was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer after years of monitoring suspicious areas in the right breast. Genetic testing later showed a BRCA1 mutation, which influenced both breast cancer planning and future ovarian cancer risk…

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  6. Stage III HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Christine’s Survivor Story

    Stage 3 · ER Positive · Chemotherapy · cyclophosphamide

    Christine Elliott was 31 when she noticed a large, hard, fixed breast lump while lying in bed. She had also felt tired, pale, stressed, and increasingly anxious, but the visible divot and the lump made her seek care. Imaging, biopsy, and MRI showed Stage III…

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  7. Stage III Breast Cancer: Diana’s Patient Story

    Stage 3 · Chemotherapy · cyclophosphamide

    Diana, 44, is from Colombia, has 2 children, and works in accounting as a financial technologist. She was being monitored for a lump in her left breast that was first biopsied and considered benign. Two years later, the lump worsened, and she also developed…

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  8. Stage IV PIK3CA Breast Cancer: Abigail’s Patient Story

    Stage 4 · Hormone Receptor Positive · Chemotherapy · Clinical Trial

    Abigail was 38, running a law firm, raising 2 young children, and breastfeeding when she felt a lump in her left breast in January 2017. She first thought it was a clogged duct. In April 2017, she was diagnosed with strongly hormone-positive breast cancer and…

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  9. Stage III Breast Cancer: Diana’s Survivor Story

    Stage 3 · capecitabine · carboplatin

    Diana was 40 when persistent pain in her right breast led her to feel a small lump. She was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and initially felt powerless, vulnerable and sad. Her doctors explained that treatment offered a chance of survival if the cancer…

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  10. Stage IV Breast Cancer: Harper’s Patient Story

    Stage 4 · capecitabine · Chemotherapy

    Harper, 58, sought medical help after noticing a red patch on her breast. Testing at a hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand led to a diagnosis of Stage IV breast cancer. The news was overwhelming, especially because she had already lost her father and…

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  11. Stage II Breast Cancer: Cherie’s Survivor Story

    Stage 2 · Chemotherapy · cyclophosphamide

    Cherie was 57 when she felt a hard lump in her breast. After receiving a stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis, she sought a second opinion from a more experienced doctor. She also researched her condition and found an estimated 85% 5-year survival rate for people…

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  12. Breast Cancer: Constance’s Survivor Story

    anastrozole · Chemotherapy

    Constance Porter was treated for breast cancer and became cancer-free, but some effects of treatment lasted far longer than she expected. She lost her hair during chemotherapy and was often told not to worry because it would grow back. Instead, she developed…

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  13. Stage II Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Margaret’s Survivor Story

    Stage 2 · Chemotherapy · cyclophosphamide

    Margaret’s fuller treatment story starts with the same breast changes she first noticed in late 2014: an inverted nipple and shrinking appearance in the left breast. A standard mammogram did not clearly show cancer, but a later 3D mammogram found the tumor…

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  14. Stage III HER2-Positive Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Dorothy’s Survivor Story

    Stage 3 · HER2 Positive · Chemotherapy · cyclophosphamide

    Dorothy Paterson found a lump in her right breast while showering in 1998, even though her mammogram the year before had been clear. Testing first showed invasive ductal carcinoma, and additional evaluation at MD Anderson revealed HER2-positive breast cancer…

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