DCIS with no clear margin-what to do?
Hi, this is my first blog, EVER. I am hoping someone out there can can give me advice as to what to do.
A routine mammogram found DCIS in my right breat. Subsequent biopsy showed DCIS- high grade, ...
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You sure have a difficult decision to make.Maybe you need to ask your surgeon more questions such as how long can you safely wait before you decide- weeks?months?I had a lumpectomy(clear margins)and radiation back in 2003 and it grew back in the same spot 7yrs later so had to have a mastectomy and chemotherapy last year.Radiation doesn't give you any guarantees,there is an 8% chance of cancer coming back.Although a mastectomy is radical surgery and harder to get used to,it's not as bad as chemotherapy.That is one treatment you want to avoid at all costs.We all have different breast cancer stories and personal reasons why we decide what we do.Just gather as much info as you can and then go with what you feel is right for you at this present time.Have no regrets because either way is an awful decision that you'd rather not be making.
Tonya xx