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637 stories match mastectomy. 616 of them mention surgery.
Cancer Stories
Breast CancerStage IV HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Tiffany's Patient Story
Patient Info: Tiffany Andrews, Female, Under 40 | Stage IV
Biomarkers: HER2-positive; ER-negative at recurrence
Metastatic Site: lungs|brain
Breast CancerTriple-Negative Breast Cancer: Halassy's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Halassy, Female, 50s
Biomarkers: triple-negative
Breast CancerStage III Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: Betsy's Patient Story
Patient Info: Betsy | Stage III
Breast CancerBreast cancer treatment changed after severe colitis
Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 50s | Stage II
Biomarkers: HER2-positive, ER-negative, PR-negative
Breast CancerStage III Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: Famke's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Famke, Female, Under 40 | Stage III
Breast CancerRare Breast Neuroendocrine Cancer That Recurred in the Liver
Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 70+ | Stage IV
Biomarkers: Chromogranin-positive; synaptophysin-positive; GATA-3-positive; ER-positive; PR negative on repeat biopsy and 40% positive on the mastectomy specimen; HER2-negative; Ki-67 85–95%
Metastatic Site: Liver; abdominal lymph nodes
Breast CancerStage IV HR-Positive Breast Cancer: Alison's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Alison, Female, Under 40 | Stage IV
Biomarkers: ER-positive; PR-positive; HER2-positive
Metastatic Site: Cervical/neck lymph nodes
Breast CancerStage II Breast Cancer: Renée's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Renée, Female, Under 40 | Stage II
Breast CancerStage II Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Lucy's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Lucy, Female, Under 40 | Stage II
Biomarkers: Germline BRCA1 mutation; triple-negative breast cancer
Breast CancerStage II Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Melissa's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Melissa, Female | Stage II
Biomarkers: Triple-negative breast cancer; BRCA testing negative; NBN gene mutation identified on later testing
Breast CancerStage II Breast Cancer: Wendi's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Wendi Kushner | Stage II
Biomarkers: Triple-positive
Breast CancerBreast cancer treatment in a woman with mirror-image organ anatomy
Patient Info: Anonymized, Female
Biomarkers: ER-positive; HER2-negative
Breast CancerInvasive Ductal Carcinoma: Shelby's Patient Story
Patient Info: Shelby, Female, Under 40
Breast CancerStage IIA triple-negative neuroendocrine breast carcinoma with chemoimmunotherapy response
Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 70+ | Stage II
Biomarkers: Triple-negative neuroendocrine breast carcinoma with PD-L1 CPS >=10, and reported germline BRCA1/2 mutation.
Breast CancerTriple-Negative Breast Cancer: Kim's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Kim Rumpf, Female
Biomarkers: ER-negative; PR-negative; HER2-negative
Breast CancerStage III HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Genoa's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Genoa M., Female | Stage III
Biomarkers: HER2-positive; ER-positive
Breast CancerStage I HR-Positive Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Amelia's Patient Story
Patient Info: Amelia, Female, 40s | Stage I
Biomarkers: ER-positive; PR-positive; HER2-negative; BRCA negative; Oncotype DX score 22
Breast CancerStage II HR-Positive Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Cat's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Cat, Female | Stage II
Biomarkers: ER-positive; Oncotype recurrence risk discussed
Breast CancerStage IV HER2-Positive Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Renee's Patient Story
Patient Info: Renee N., Female | Stage IV
Biomarkers: HER2-positive
Metastatic Site: Brain
Breast CancerStage III Breast Cancer: Andrea's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Andrea, Female, Under 40 | Stage III
Breast CancerStage 0 HR-Positive Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Natalie's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Natalie, Female | Stage 0
Biomarkers: ER-positive
Breast CancerStage I Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Rachel's Patient Story
Patient Info: Rachel, Female | Stage I
Biomarkers: Genetic testing inconclusive; receptor status not reported
Breast CancerStage III Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Stephanie's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Stephanie, Female | Stage III
Biomarkers: ER-negative; PR-negative; HER2-negative; BRCA1 mutation
Breast CancerStage II Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: Margaret's Survivor Story
Patient Info: Margaret, Female | Stage II
Biomarkers: Onco-typing score 18; hormone-responsive tumor described; exact receptor status not reported