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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what the PP said about early breast cancer shouldn't necessarily be pooh-poohed. It's great for all those who said "I had X stage BC - piece of cake", but that's not the same for some of us. There *are* types of aggressive cancer.  I've been on enough BC sites to know that many many women still die of it. Research, trials, and funding still needs to happen. Patients still need to follow standards of care and consider second opinions. Just because one person had it easy, doesn't mean others will. [/quote]

Also was diagnosed at 39 and agree with this. Yes, outcomes are strong and constantly improving, but it’s a disservice to be pollyannaish. For one thing, hormone positive BC means that she will be advised to go on endocrine therapy — either tamoxifen or more likely nowadays, AI+OS which thrusts you into extreme chemopause (goal is zero estrogen, yes zero) - either of which are a lot to be thrown into for 5-10 years at 39. Plus, hormone positive BC has a low but long chance of distant recurrence - it never goes away like it does for the more aggressive (TN and HER+) types. Honestly, it’s a lot to handle mentally.

To the original question - I have had treatment at both Sibley and Georgetown and would recommend Sibley personally, assuming they’re in network (United recently dropped all John’s Hopkins). Dr. Sun mentioned above was wonderful.

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Her+ recurrence risk goes away?[/quote]

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