Breast cancer on the skin

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  • LouisaP
    LouisaP Member Posts: 62
    #22
    TPegues said:

    Breast cancer mets to skin

    Kamcat, I have mets to the skin as a recurrence. I'm also HER2+, are you? And I noted a response that skin involvement is considered regional. This is not the case. My doctors, including the one at MD Anderson have called this skin involvement as metastatic breast cancer and it is staged at IV. 

    Hearing about this skin mets

    Hearing about this skin mets is new to me. I don't have it but was just wondering why they cannot remove the skin with the lesions & apply a graft or artificial skin or something.

  • camul
    camul Member Posts: 2,537
    #23
    LouisaP said:

    Hearing about this skin mets

    Hearing about this skin mets is new to me. I don't have it but was just wondering why they cannot remove the skin with the lesions & apply a graft or artificial skin or something.

    according to my onco

    it is treated the same as your breast cancer.  I had skin mets in more than one spot.  It did clear up with one of the chemo`s.  Since then, I have some new ones.  I wouldn't have wanted to have cuts and scars everywhere.  The came systematically, so I would imagine they were getting rid of them the same way with chemo given systemically.  It also o cleared the lesions in my liver, unfortunately, they didn't find anything that worked on the bone mets.

    However, I still am trying to remain hopeful.

    Hugs,

    Carol

     

  • Terpsa1
    Terpsa1 Member Posts: 2
    #24
    kamcat1962 said:

    Thank you

    thank you for your response. What you described is what I am experiencing.  I am seeing a wound specialist next Monday so hopefully they can give me some ideas.  Question for you if you don't mind?  Was this a chronic condition or was it something that spread as the disease progresssed? I a really scared because I feel like these sores are going to take over and my breast is going to fall off. I know that sounds silly but I am completely in the dark so I don't know what to expect.  Thank you for your advice and for your support.  It is good to know that I am not the only one this happened to.  Bless you.

    Skin mets
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  • Terpsa1
    Terpsa1 Member Posts: 2
    #25
    Skin mets from breast and Voltaren gel

    Does voltaren gel helps with breast metastasis to skin ?

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