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aj456
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2 years ago

Avoiding radiotherapy

Hi, are there any community members here that have avoided radiotherapy and then regretted it later? or vice versa.  I had a very small pre cancer, which was non-invasive and I'm in my 40s. I am a...
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aj456
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1 year ago

Sorry to hear. I found it a difficult decision, but I did go ahead in the end and went with the stats from my DCISionRT test. The test showed a meaningful drop in risk. Mine was also the left side. 

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ThinLizzy
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1 year ago

Thanks for responding.
So you didn’t go ahead with the radiation (sorry, just want to be sure I understood your comment). Do you know what grade your DCIS was? 

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    aj456
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    1 year ago

    Sorry, I did go ahead with the radiotherapy. I had high grade 4mm. 

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