Treatment after Mastectomy
Hello all, I am new to this forum as I was only diagnosed with invasive lobular cancer grade 2 (multifocal with 4 tumours) on my right breast in late March and undergone total skin sparing maste...
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Hi
welcome to the shitty world of BC!
But we’re a lovely bunch and the ladies here have been so helpful.
i think given your age and the nature of ILC being different to ductal hitting it hard makes sense. I’m 27 with ILC and had mastectomy/lymph clearance, am currently into 2 rounds of my 8 chemo (dose dense and aggressive closer together as opposed to spread out due to my “age and good health” ha ha..) plus 5 weeks of chest wall radiation.
I was told by my oncologists that lobular doesn’t always respond as well as ductal to chemo but given my youth I was advised it was the best option for long term survival.
I have been told 10 years tamoxifen standard now, no benefit to taking it longer as it will then potentially cause too much calcium wastage, increase risk of cardiovascular disease. However was also told a recent study showed that aromatase inhibitors showed better results in pre menopausal women taking zoladex to induce menopause and I have been recommended that as my endocrine therapy post chemo.
There’s lots of questions to ask, make sure you ask whatever you need to!
Best of luck with your treatment.
welcome to the shitty world of BC!
But we’re a lovely bunch and the ladies here have been so helpful.
i think given your age and the nature of ILC being different to ductal hitting it hard makes sense. I’m 27 with ILC and had mastectomy/lymph clearance, am currently into 2 rounds of my 8 chemo (dose dense and aggressive closer together as opposed to spread out due to my “age and good health” ha ha..) plus 5 weeks of chest wall radiation.
I was told by my oncologists that lobular doesn’t always respond as well as ductal to chemo but given my youth I was advised it was the best option for long term survival.
I have been told 10 years tamoxifen standard now, no benefit to taking it longer as it will then potentially cause too much calcium wastage, increase risk of cardiovascular disease. However was also told a recent study showed that aromatase inhibitors showed better results in pre menopausal women taking zoladex to induce menopause and I have been recommended that as my endocrine therapy post chemo.
There’s lots of questions to ask, make sure you ask whatever you need to!
Best of luck with your treatment.