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Why radiation therapy
Yesterday I had a small lump and one lymph gland removed. Before surgery my surgeon said that I had a choice of two pathways: lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy OR mastectomy followed by radiati...
Thats what i thought too @adean but i had radiation for dcis after a major lumpectomy and had a recurrence in the same spot at the 4yr mark. They dont know why and was also on tamoxifen 4yrs. No rhyme or reason but we do everything recommended, i stopped beating myself trying to understand why.