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My husband has breast cancer that has gone into lymph nodes and bones in his back and pelvis. He had problems with his left shoulder which was the same side of his mastectomy. He had pet scans and the cancer dr didn't think his pain was cancer related. He was sent to an orthopedic dr who gave him a cortisone shot which didn't help. Now after doing another MRI they found that there are tumors. Wouldn't this have shown in the Pet scan?? Could the cortisone shots have made it worse??
Thanks for posting your query to HCM. there are so many factor responsible for relapse for breast cancer. some times small tumor cells can be removed during surgery and they may be responsible for recurrence . bone pain may be due to metastasis of tumor cells to that site . You need to consult oncologist to receive chemotherapy regulary .Steeroid are not associated with this spread but you should not take streoid to releive pain . take care .
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Thanks for posting your query to HCM. there are so many factor responsible for relapse for breast cancer. some times small tumor cells can be removed during surgery and they may be responsible for recurrence . bone pain may be due to metastasis of tumor cells to that site . You need to consult oncologist to receive chemotherapy regulary .Steeroid are not associated with this spread but you should not take streoid to releive pain . take care .