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Originally Posted by newtovenice

Did you have chemo and/or radiation to treat the first bout of cancer?

Both of those treatments can cause secondary cancers.

Yes, I did. The option would have been to forego adjuvant treatment and accept the 1 in 3 risk of the cancer returning.

Chemo and radiation reduced that to 1 in 20. It was a judgement call, for sure. I'm aware that second cancer diagnoses are sometimes traced to chemo/radiation. However, I was being followed very closely so that anything that appeared would be caught early. It was easy (though annoying) to treat my new tumor; it is very difficult to eradicate a former cancer which recurs.

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Originally Posted by gypsychic

I think there is just a lot we don't understand about its causes. But regardless of the reason, it definitely was a good thing you were doing all the "right things" to stay healthy - maybe it couldn't keep you from getting it, but it helped you in fighting it. We need to keep our immune systems strong to fight things like this.

Definitely agree with this!