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Hormone therapy only
Just curious...about how many of us here have gone straight from lumpectomy (or two like me) to hormone therapy, no rads, no chemo. I was stage 1, grade 2 early stage breast cancer, no lymph node inv...
Hiya @Artferret
I've just had a mastectomy 10 days ago and will go straight to hormone therapy without chemo or rads. Was stage 2 but they got it all with clear margins. Have an appt next week where I'll find out what that means though! Tamoxifen probably (or so I've been told by an older, wiser friend!). Will let you know how I go. Surgeon said chemo would only give me an extra 1% chance so it's not worth the horribleness. x
I've just had a mastectomy 10 days ago and will go straight to hormone therapy without chemo or rads. Was stage 2 but they got it all with clear margins. Have an appt next week where I'll find out what that means though! Tamoxifen probably (or so I've been told by an older, wiser friend!). Will let you know how I go. Surgeon said chemo would only give me an extra 1% chance so it's not worth the horribleness. x