Radiation/Letrozole or NOT?
Was diagnosed at the end of June and had lumpectomy + one lymph node excision in early July. Lymph node and tumour margins clear. Tumour Grade 1 and only 8mm. ER/PR positive. Am reluctant to have ...
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Ask them to show you the stats of possible recurrence with or without recommended treatments.
The standard treatment is lumpectomy with radiotherapy
Or mastectomy and radiotherapy if nodes are positive to armpit area.
Lots of research has shown that lumpectomy is equivalent to treatment with mastectomy ....with radiotherapy, not without.
I know for me following chemo the best treatment was to take an aramatose inhibitor...it was a huge statistical difference. I felt for me the risks of not taking it were too high. No guarantees of course but I didn't want to get 2 years down the track and have regrets on what I didn't do.
Take care. Kath x
The standard treatment is lumpectomy with radiotherapy
Or mastectomy and radiotherapy if nodes are positive to armpit area.
Lots of research has shown that lumpectomy is equivalent to treatment with mastectomy ....with radiotherapy, not without.
I know for me following chemo the best treatment was to take an aramatose inhibitor...it was a huge statistical difference. I felt for me the risks of not taking it were too high. No guarantees of course but I didn't want to get 2 years down the track and have regrets on what I didn't do.
Take care. Kath x