General Discussion

They are a lot better at differentiating types. They did general genetic testing, tumor testing at the beginning, and at 5 years (since the knowledge has changed during my surveillance period.

None of that was available to me grandmother or Great grandmother. I think my mom had general genetic testing.

The standard when I was diagnosed for my cancer was 5 years on one aromatase inhibitor, then 5 more years in a second. Based on the second tumor analysis, the recommendation was to skip the second aromatase inhibitor.

Preventative mastectomies are a mixed bag. I was eligible, but declined. One of the problems is that people who have mastectomies tend to believe they are safe, and get complacent about self examination (or have so much aversion to their current bodies that they can't bring themselves to check regularly). Unfortunately, no mastectomy removes all breast tissue, so there is still a risk of recurrence. Breast implants can also hide any cancer growing behind the implant.