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existing cardiomyopathy , treatment decision risks of radiation
I wonder if anyone knows of any recent research with people with existing heart issues and breast cancer eg Im thinking the heightened risks of radiotherapy may not outweigh the benefits
Thanks Anne Today the leading radiation oncologist and registrar were helpful and informative, Yet I am still left with difficult decision as margins close 0.04 .
risk to do nothing 20-30% return
radiation reduces risk to 5-15%
plus hormone therapy reduces another 5%
I think he is leaning for me toward mastectomy, rather than radiotherapy but is happy to do radiotherapy and find least damaging way to do it.
I do travel to melbourne to see my cardiologist soon and will discuss this
Although I did asked him( by email )when asking for fitness for surgery a few weeks ago about the potential effects of radiotherapy for me and he said this is out of his expertise.
risk to do nothing 20-30% return
radiation reduces risk to 5-15%
plus hormone therapy reduces another 5%
I think he is leaning for me toward mastectomy, rather than radiotherapy but is happy to do radiotherapy and find least damaging way to do it.
I do travel to melbourne to see my cardiologist soon and will discuss this
Although I did asked him( by email )when asking for fitness for surgery a few weeks ago about the potential effects of radiotherapy for me and he said this is out of his expertise.