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Lumpectomy or mastectomy?
I have just been diagnosed with invasive carcinoma grade 1, small (about 1) at 2 0’clock and have to decide pretty quickly whether to have just a lumpectomy or mastectomy. I am terrified of radiother...
Thank you @arpie and all. It’s reassuring to read so many of these stories. Yes my scans all suggest that a lumpectomy would be sufficient, with only a little scarring. I’m trying to work out whether radiotherapy will be worse than the mastectomy surgery recovery, plus the additional risks of radiotherapy. And while I know the risk of recurrence isn’t eliminated with a mastectomy from here it feels like any percentage decrease is worth it. But yes this is all so new and there’s a lot of fear. What I’m struggling with is how to know what’s right for me.