I finally have a direction in which to point the finger of blame over the cancer diagnosis. My mother was given a drug when she was pregnant with me that was/is a synthetic estrogen and endocrine disruptor. It caused/can cause clear cell adenocarcinoma, along with other various types of cancer.
DES. Diethylstilbestrol.
Does cancer start in the womb? Breast cancer risk at age 40 and older is two and a half times higher in DES exposed women than women who were not exposed who are the same age.
Maternal DES exposure during pregnancy causes an increased risk to both the mother and their DES exposed daughters. (Given the fact that males can also get (male) breast cancer, I have to wonder, how many of them were DES exposed in utero?)
DES and Bisphenol A are estrogen-like endocrine disruptors. Exposure in utero alters a tissue expression of something called EZH2, which is associated with tumorigenesis.
Invasive in ductal HER2+ breast cancer is what I had. In this information, numbers are broken down to give more insight into exposed versus unexposed numbers.
Mayo Clinic led team identifies Master Switch for cancer causing HER2 protein. A mutant protein would be used for this. Of course, I find this of particular interest since I had HER2+ breast cancer.
Just wanted to share that with you readers out there in case someone was needing some further research information while I work on packing for The Big Move.
(And if you're so inclined, please go check out the Bressante Kickstarter page. It's a very worthy project to help women like me acquire custom made foobs (fake breast prostethics) to wear. After the crap those of us breast cancer people go through, we should have these available to us, so this is a great invention that I'm hoping will gain some much deserved and much needed attention. Thank you.)
DES. Diethylstilbestrol.
Does cancer start in the womb? Breast cancer risk at age 40 and older is two and a half times higher in DES exposed women than women who were not exposed who are the same age.
Maternal DES exposure during pregnancy causes an increased risk to both the mother and their DES exposed daughters. (Given the fact that males can also get (male) breast cancer, I have to wonder, how many of them were DES exposed in utero?)
DES and Bisphenol A are estrogen-like endocrine disruptors. Exposure in utero alters a tissue expression of something called EZH2, which is associated with tumorigenesis.
Invasive in ductal HER2+ breast cancer is what I had. In this information, numbers are broken down to give more insight into exposed versus unexposed numbers.
Mayo Clinic led team identifies Master Switch for cancer causing HER2 protein. A mutant protein would be used for this. Of course, I find this of particular interest since I had HER2+ breast cancer.
Just wanted to share that with you readers out there in case someone was needing some further research information while I work on packing for The Big Move.
(And if you're so inclined, please go check out the Bressante Kickstarter page. It's a very worthy project to help women like me acquire custom made foobs (fake breast prostethics) to wear. After the crap those of us breast cancer people go through, we should have these available to us, so this is a great invention that I'm hoping will gain some much deserved and much needed attention. Thank you.)
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