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Originally posted by tmdiva
I'm not sure this is going to help, but . . .
Anyone know how breast cancer of the ducts rates, severity-wise? Any better or worse depending on whether it's a recurrence?
tm
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If caught early enough, cancer in the ducts is very treatable. However, once the cancer has entered the surrounding tissue , or worse, entered the lymph nodes, then the situation gets very bad very quick.
Recurrence being worse depends on where the recurrence occurs. Recurrence in the same spot as the previous lump usually means that the initial treatment was not optimal and some cells survived. This is not so bad.
Recurrence in a different spot gets worse the further from the initial site you get.
