Cancer Recurrence
Breast cancer recurrence happens when someone who has previously been diagnosed with and cured of cancer develops cancer again. Recurrences can happen in the same location or an entirely different location and variety of cancer. Treatment for the new cancer will differ depending on the type of cancer that reccurs.
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There are over 10 million cancer survivors in this country. Ten million of us who go about our lives with a shadow in our souls. For some of us, it’s the merest wisp of silver, a hint of mist on a cool, early spring morning. For others, the shadow is darker than the darkest night, more threatening than a bank of black thunderheads rolling…
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