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Hi @dbelle and welcome to our lovely supportive group. Your diagnosis is almost a carbon copy of mine. I ended up having breast conserving surgery consisting of two wide local excisions to get the clear margins needed and all went well. I use our private health but in the public system as that's where my surgeon works from and only have praise for the staff at Peter Mac. I managed to dodge both chemo and radiation, chemo cos it was not going to be of any benefit and radiation cos I'm part of a trial called EXPERT and was not randomised into that group. Ask your surgeon about it to see whether you are interested and eligible. It is only for women over 50 with early stage breast cancer. I can give you the name of my surgeon if you wish. She is lovely but it would  mean travelling into Melbourne for appointments. Best of luck Cath.