Sesi Tanya Pakar bersama Dr. Junie Khoo Yu-Yen, Pakar Runding Klinikal Onkologi

That would depend on the type of breast cancer, stage of cancer, and the treatment that you had. Talk to your oncologist. We would advise regular follow up and assessments eg blood tests/scans to make sure that the disease has not recurred.

Yes. Getting a second opinion is commonly practiced and it is your right as a patient to consult.

Yes, those that have never been pregnant, and/or never breast fed are considered a risk factor for getting breast cancer

We usually do not advocate breast feeding when you have breast cancer, especially if you are having chemotherapy as the drug can get into the milk that you will be feeding the baby

That would depend on stage of disease and type of breast cancer.

There are some breast cancers that are associated with certain type of mutation in the genes, and that could be inherited.

There is a higher chance for you to have cancer if your mother had cancer. But it does not mean you would definitely get cancer. Do screening to detect

montly after menses 7 days. Look in mirror and inspect if there are any new changes as well before you do examination