A New Desease All Woman Will Fear. I Was Sent This Email Today. Tell every woman you know, it could saved them

In November, a rare kind of breast cancer was found. A lady developed a rash on her breast, similar to that of young mothers who are nursing. Because her mammogram had been clear, the doctor treated her with antibiotics for infections. After 2 rounds, it continued to get worse, so her doctor sent her for another mammogram.

This time it showed a mass. A biopsy found a fast growing malignancy. Chemo was started in order to shrink the growth; then a mastectomy was performed; then a full round of Chemo; then radiation. After about 9 months of intense treatment, she was given a clean bill of health. She had one year of living each day to its fullest. Then the cancer returned to the liver area. She took 4 treatments and decided that she wanted quality of life, not the after effects of Chemo. She had 5 great months and she planned each detail of the final days. After a few days of needing morphine, she died. She left this message to be delivered to women everywhere:

Women, PLEASE be alert to anything that is not normal, and be persistent in getting help as soon as possible. Paget's Disease: This is a rare form of breast cancer, and is on the outside of the breast, on the nipple and aureole It appeared as a rash, which later became a lesion with a crusty outer edge. I would not have ever suspected it to be breast cancer but it was. My nipple never seemed any different to me, but the rash bothered me, so I went to the doctor for that. Sometimes, it itched and was sore, but other than that it didn't bother me. It was just ugly and a nuisance, and could not be cleared up with all the creams prescribed by my doctor and dermatologist for the dermatitis on my eyes just prior to this outbreak. They seemed a little concerned but did not warn me it could be cancerous.

this email is true pagets disease can affect both men and women. don t panic it is rare you do what you always do you keep a regular check on your breast and if you spot something odd about your breast you get it checked out by your doctor no matter how small you think it is that goes for the men as well some people leave it to late because they are to scared to see there doctor, take heed it is better to be safe than to be sorry and your doctor is really not that scary it was good that this email was sent out but as I said do not panic.

If people are going to worry about rare life threatening cancer, they need to be informed that there are literally 100's to look for, not just Paget's.
http://adult.rare-cancer.org/r...
http://pediatric.rare-cancer.o... Report It

OK, this is a scam email. It plays on people's fears, but yuo will need to stop perpetuating the email.

Google it and you will see dozens of pages regarding this email. It is not new, been around for 3+ years but if rare (less tahn 1% of all breast cancer cases)

Spam. This is not a question.




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she sounds very brave, thankyou for sharing,information does save lives

God Almighty! My husband died from cancer 12 weeks ago and I am still trying to get to grips with it, he was 67, but for any woman, that just takes your breath away. I am so, so, very sorry to hear of this and I hope you message get the most hits possible?

its a scam email

This is actually true. It's called Paget's disease but it is very rare....thanks for getting the info out, and people, before you label it spam....check your resources!!

Thanks for sharing this with us.

This is a well known Internet email that has been circulating since 1999. The information is accurate about the disease, but the hype and alarm surrounding it is false . . it isn't a new disease at all. It's just rare.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/pa...

Paget's disease of the nipple is a rare form of breast cancer.

Facts about Paget's disease of the nipple:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/facts...

If you are going to send this around you should also send around every single other rare cancer out there. There are over 200 different types of rare cancers, all deadly serious.

Its true.Pagets disease of the breast is a condition that looks like eczema.It usually only affects one nipple and the symptoms are redness oozing and crusting or a sore that will not heal.Pagets disease is caused by breast cancer.It happens when malignant cells from an underlying cancer spreads to the epithelium.Pagets of the nipple makes up about 2 % of all breast cancers.THIS IS NOT A NEW DISEASE!!!!

ok, here is a link to that..it is an eczema like rash on the breast...

http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Cancertyp...