Breast Cancer: 1,219 Real Stories

1,219 stories match breast cancer. 974 of them mention surgery.

Cancer Stories

Lindsey, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Stage IV Breast Cancer: Lindsey's Patient Story

Patient Info: Lindsey Ballas, Female | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: Not reported

As of September 2017, Lindsey was living with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer on advanced targeted maintenance therapy every 3 weeks, with stable disease and continued work and family life.

Cleveland Clinic
OutcomeLiving With Cancer
A patient, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Invasive Ductal CarcinomaBreast Cancer

Breast cancer returning years later in the biceps muscle

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: ER positive

Metastatic Site: left biceps muscle

Her arm symptoms improved considerably after radiotherapy, and MRI 6 months later showed a significant decrease in the size of the biceps tumour.

PubMed Central
OutcomeResponding Well
Roxana, who was diagnosed with Stage II Invasive Ductal CarcinomaBreast Cancer

Stage II BRCA1 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Roxana's Patient Story

Patient Info: Roxana Lopez, female, Under 40 | Stage II

Biomarkers: BRCA1 positive

After chemotherapy and bilateral mastectomy, Roxana continued regular screening for breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancers and melanoma.

MD Anderson
OutcomeCare Ongoing
Monica, who was diagnosed with Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Monica's Patient Story

Patient Info: Monica Wright, 40s

Monica completed her final chemotherapy round after lumpectomy, supported throughout treatment by friends, family and peers.

Dana-Farber
OutcomeCare Ongoing
Kat, who was diagnosed with Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Kat's Patient Story

Patient Info: Kat

Nine months after diagnosis, she had completed radiation treatment and was looking ahead to recovery and hair regrowth.

Dana-Farber
OutcomeNot reported
A patient, who was diagnosed with Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together

Patient Info: Anonymized, Under 40

Biomarkers: Li-Fraumeni syndrome

At 36, six months after giving birth, this patient was diagnosed with hormone-sensitive breast cancer and later learned she had Li-Fraumeni syndrome, shaping her decision to avoid radiation.

Dana-Farber
OutcomeNot reported
A patient, who was diagnosed with Breast CancerBreast Cancer

How I Told My Young Children I Had Cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female

Completed chemotherapy in August 2014 and her final surgery in November 2014.

Dana-Farber
OutcomeNot reported
Melissa, who was diagnosed with Stage III Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Stage III Breast Cancer: Melissa's Patient Story

Patient Info: Melissa Angiolillo, Female, Under 40 | Stage III

Completed double mastectomy, 8 rounds of chemotherapy and 25 radiation treatments over the prior 8 months.

Dana-Farber
OutcomeNot reported
Maggie, who was diagnosed with Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Maggie's Patient Story

Patient Info: Maggie Loucks, Female, Under 40

Maggie Loucks was diagnosed with breast cancer one week after turning 28 and faced difficult decisions about treatment and future fertility.

Dana-Farber
OutcomeNot reported
Melissa, who was diagnosed with Stage III Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Positivity and Cancer: Be Yourself

Patient Info: Melissa Angiolillo, Under 40 | Stage III

Diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer at 35, Melissa Angiolillo learned to make room for fear and uncertainty rather than feeling pressured to stay positive throughout treatment.

Dana-Farber
OutcomeNot reported
Marianne, who was diagnosed with Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Marianne's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Marianne Gongos, Female, 60s

Marianne had been breast cancer-free since June 13, 2013. Her separate chronic myeloid leukemia was also in remission after she restarted its medication.

Cleveland Clinic
OutcomeCancer-Free / NED
A patient, who was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal CarcinomaBreast Cancer

Breast Cancer Detected by Biopsy Despite a False-Negative Contrast Mammogram

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 50s

Biomarkers: estrogen receptor positive, progesterone receptor positive

The final pathology showed an 11 mm grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma with negative sentinel nodes, and she remains well on routine clinical surveillance.

PubMed Central
OutcomeCare Ongoing
Sarah, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Stage IV HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Sarah's Patient Story

Patient Info: Sarah, Female, Under 40 | Stage IV

Biomarkers: HER2-positive; BRCA and other known hereditary breast cancer genes not identified in family history discussion

As of January 2017, Sarah had been living for almost 3 years with recurrent Stage IV HER2-positive breast cancer and was receiving Kadcyla every 3 weeks.

YouTube — Oncology Associates
OutcomeLiving With Cancer
Debora, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Stage IV Breast Cancer: Debora's Patient Story

Patient Info: Debora, Female, 60s | Stage IV

Debora was living with metastatic breast cancer after Stage III disease treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and targeted therapy; four years after surgery, she was told the cancer had metastasized and was on targeted therapy.

Our Cancer Stories
OutcomeLiving With Cancer
Elizabeth, who was diagnosed with Stage III Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Stage III Breast Cancer: Elizabeth's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Elizabeth, 40s | Stage III

Biomarkers: Cancer described as highly hormone-dependent.

Elizabeth said she was in remission and no longer required treatment after lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, and an aromatase-inhibitor clinical trial.

Our Cancer Stories
OutcomeCancer-Free / NED
Natalia, who was diagnosed with Stage II Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Stage II Breast Cancer: Natalia's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Natalia | Stage II

Natalia was declared cancer-free on February 21, 2024, and continued regular follow-up while taking letrozole.

Our Cancer Stories
OutcomeCancer-Free / NED
Tasha, who was diagnosed with Stage II Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Stage II Breast Cancer: Tasha's Patient Story

Patient Info: Tasha | Stage II

She completed surgery and radiation and is doing well as a survivor while continuing tamoxifen.

Our Cancer Stories
OutcomeCare Ongoing
Amanda, who was diagnosed with Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Amanda's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Amanda

Biomarkers: CDH1 gene deletion

About 7 years after gastrectomy and mastectomy, Amanda said all of the cancer had been removed, although long-term effects of surgery continued to affect daily life.

Our Cancer Stories
OutcomeCancer-Free / NED
A patient, who was diagnosed with Breast CancerBreast Cancer

Male Breast Cancer Treatment Complicated by Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s

After the third chemotherapy cycle he developed severe Stevens-Johnson syndrome with disseminated intravascular coagulation and multiorgan failure, and he died after care was shifted to comfort measures.

PubMed Central
OutcomeIn Memory