Breast Health Messages for 2001: Re: blood transfusion/breast trauma lead to breast cancer?

Thanks for the info concerning the National Library of Medicine. I will look into the site. Thanks!!! Kathleen

At Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Hannah wrote: >
>Dear Kathleen-
>
>Thanks for the referral. I have used Oncolink in the past and find
>the site to be an exceelent resource. I will certainly see if I can
>dig up those articles. By the way, the public has access to the
>complete goverment database of medical literature abstracts. The
>National Library of Medicine provides the medline service on the
>internet and the public can easily access and search at the PubMed
>site. Although the abstracts are written for medical practitioners,
>you may find information there that will assist you. Good luck.
>Hannah Brooks, MD,FACS
>
>Date: 03/14/2001 05:54pm
>
>Dear Dr. Brooks:
>
>Thank you so much for returning my note about my concerns about blood
>transfusions and/or breast trauma leading to breast cancers. I can
>see
>what you mean about the blood supply, though, because the blood that
>was
>in my breast due to the bruising was terrible. And, like I stated
>before, it took over a month to heal. Anyway, you wanted to know
>where
>I received the reference about the blood transfusions? It was on
>OncoLink. Main Menu was Cancer FAQs. I think this is the site:
>http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/causeprevent/faq/bloodtrans. It sites the two
>articles that I referred to in my March 12th letter. I can not access
>the original articles from JAMA OR NEJM as I am not a physician. It
>never stated the dates of the articles. I am sure that I would find
>the
>articles fascinating, if I was allowed on that site. I am sure you
>will
>be allowed access as you will have a Physician's ID number. Thanks
>again for your help!
>
>At Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Hannah wrote:
>>
>>Dear Kathleen-
>>There are very rare reported cases of cancer after trauma;they are
>>usually related to burn scars evolving into skin cancers later in
>>life. More than likely, the episodes of blood transfusions and the
>>diagnoses of cancer in you and your mother were coincidences. What
>>CAN sometimes happen is that a tumor,which is more vascular (has more
>>blood vessels) than the surrounding tissue,is growing quietly UNTIL a
>>trauma to the area causes a bleed. So, in your case, it may be
>>fortunate that the accident caused a bleed that called attention to
>>the small tumor in the area. Please include the references from the
>>JAMA and NEJM articles you are citing. It would be interesting to
>>read the information. Thank you.
>>Hannah Brooks, MD, FACS
>>
>>Date: 03/12/2001 06:53pm
>>
>>I was in a major car accident in 1999, at the age of 42. I needed
>>surgery, which required my accepting 3 ccs of plasma. I also had
>>major
>>breast trauma from the seat belt, which took over a month to heal.
>>Seven
>>months later, I had a routine mammogram, which showed a solid mass.
>>Two
>>weeks later, I was diagnosed with a very small cancer. Had a
>>lumpectomy
>>for the -1/4" tumor. Has this happened to anyone else? Do you think
>a
>>breast trauma can lead to a cancer? I know that the stress can
>>accelerate the tumor cells that everyone has in their body, but can a
>>direct trauma do it, too? Also, there was an article in the JAMA and
>>NEJM that two different surgeons contacted a cancer via a cut on
>their
>>hands while performing an operation on a patient who later was
>>diagnosed
>>with a cancer? So, does this mean that blood transfusions can
>possibly
>>be blamed for some cancers? That's what the JAMA is wondering. I am
>>curious to know if either of these two possibilities has happened to
>>other recently-diagnosed breast cancer patients. Incidentally, in
>>December of 1999, my mother had major surgery, which required blood
>>transfusions. Three months later during a routine mammo she, too,
>was
>>diagnosed with breast cancer. Weird, right? So, please write to me
>at
>>anonymous@obgyn.net Thanks

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