New and just diagnosed with TNBC
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Hello - I’m new to this forum and was just been diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer in early November. I’ve had a lumpectomy just over a week ago which removed the lump (18mm) and six nodes which were all clear. All other bone and CT scans and full bloods were clear too. The oncologist has now recommended chemo starts in just over a week.
I’m interested in how people came to decide whether to do chemo or not. It’s obviously the most effective treatment the medical professionals have at the moment, but it also has some long term side effects. I’m told that without chemo, I have a one in five chance of reoccurrence, and with chemo it only reduces to one in ten. This seems like a small improvement for potential quality of life impacts.
Is there any one out there with a TNBC diagnosis who didn’t have treatment? Any questions that people asked that helped them to decide? I’m struggling to weight up the risks!
Thank you!
I’m interested in how people came to decide whether to do chemo or not. It’s obviously the most effective treatment the medical professionals have at the moment, but it also has some long term side effects. I’m told that without chemo, I have a one in five chance of reoccurrence, and with chemo it only reduces to one in ten. This seems like a small improvement for potential quality of life impacts.
Is there any one out there with a TNBC diagnosis who didn’t have treatment? Any questions that people asked that helped them to decide? I’m struggling to weight up the risks!
Thank you!