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Chemo following mastectomy

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AlisonMew
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12 years ago
Hi! I am a 55 year old woman that has just undergone a bilateral mastectomy following my TNBC diagnosis. My tumour was 18mm with two other DCIS lesions in my right breast. The sentinel lymph node was...
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AlisonMew
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12 years ago

HI Julia,

The advice was that since I had a bilateral mastectomy with no lymph node involvement, I would not need radiotherapy. If I had chosen a lumpectomy or single mastectomy, then I would have had to have RT. Not sure if the size/type of tumour had anything to do with it, but I think it was about little/no breast tissue remaining after surgery.

Alison

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