Surgery without further Treatment
Good Morning / Afternoon, I received my pathology results just prior to Xmas 2021 after double mascetomy. ITCs found in the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy on the left side ~ considered a negative resul...
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I opted for a single mastectomy rather than lumpectomy so that I could avoid radiotherapy (assumption was that sentinel nodes would be clear, which they were). I then had genomic testing (Endopredict) to see if Chemo would be of benefit or not. All initial talks were that I wouldn't need chemo, but when it came crunch time with the medical oncologist she said she wanted me to consider it given my "young" age (45). Apparently medical opinions tend to change when they're trying to buy you 40 more years rather than 10 or 20 etc.
Mine was ER+ so I'm on tamoxifen for 5 years and will then likely switch to an AI for another 5. So not 'no' treatment, but I do feel like I've gotten off lightly in the scheme of cancer treatments, even though my surgery was quite major.
Mine was ER+ so I'm on tamoxifen for 5 years and will then likely switch to an AI for another 5. So not 'no' treatment, but I do feel like I've gotten off lightly in the scheme of cancer treatments, even though my surgery was quite major.