Date Surgery Further Treatment
June 1994 Lumpectomy of Grade 3 tumour in right breast - no spread outside the breast 4 weeks of radiotherapy & anti-oestrogen pill "Tamoxifen"
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January 1998 Lumpectomy of new Grade 3 tumour in right breast - no spread outside the breast Tamoxifen stopped, no more radiotherapy possible in that area
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June 1999 Removal of small skin lesion (recurrence of second cancer) in right breast - no spread outside the breast N/A
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February 2001 Lumpectomy of Grade 3 tumour in left breast - no apparent spread outside the breast 4 weeks of radiotherapy
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May 2001 Removal of swollen lymph glands under left armpit, confirming spread of earlier cancer to one single lymph node 4 additional weeks of radiotherapy
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June 2003 Lumpectomy of new Grade 3 tumour in right breast - no spread outside the breast N/A
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May 2004 Lumpectomy of new tiny Grade 3 tumour in right breast - no spread outside the breast N/A
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July 2004 Further tissue removed as the margins around the last tumour still contained cancer cells N/A
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May 2005 Lumpectomy of new tiny Grade 3 tumour in right breast - no spread outside the breast N/A
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July 2005 Mastectomy of right breast with skin conservation and implant N/A
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September 2005 Removal of skin lesions from the skin of right breast (local recurrences of cancer) N/A
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October 2005 Partial skin removal & Back-Flap reconstruction of right breast (using skin and muscle from the back) 4-weekly injections of Zoladex (to stop oestrogen production in ovaries)
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February 2006 Removal of local recurrences in remaining skin of right breast. Started aromatase-inhibitor pill (to stop oestrogen in rest of the body), "Letrozole"
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April 2006 Removal of minute recurrence in remaining skin of right breast. Still on Zoladex & Letrozole
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June 2006 Removal of a "rash" of recurrence all along the bottom line scar of my skin flap on the recontruction side. Still on Zoladex but now switched to Exemestane (Aromasin) instead of Letrozole. Exemestane is also an aromatase-inhibitor.
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