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Decision about radiation
I just wrote a huge essay here and there was a glitch with the website and it disappeared so I'm feeling pretty frustrated! I'll keep it very short. I'm looking for your thoughts on radiation treatme...
Hi Lozang
I had 3 mm invasive loblar carcinoma and DCIS and LCIS(Pre cancerous cells in milk duct and milk gland). The 3mm cancer was so small it was completely removed when they did core biobsy, lumpectomy surgergy had clear margin clear sentinal lymp node. My radiation oncologist explained about the tricky of cancer cell ie no one can be 100% garuntee that there is few cells left, undetected. Without radiation the chance of having recurred BC is 40% and the choice is mine whether to have or not to have. As a medical scientist I consider that the 40% chance is high enough to refuse radition so I went for it.
As for a mammogram I believe in it as without my routine mammogram I am sure that my cancer would not be be detected in a very early stage like this.
My surgeon explained that it is a statistic in Australia tht it is 1 in 8 female over the age of 60 will definitely has breast cancer, it is a mutation of the gene. I am unlucky to be the 1 side not the 7 side that why I do not want to play with no radiation in case I will be in the wrong side again.
No health professions I saw pressed me to do anything only explained the options. I chose (base on reading widely on the subject) what I think will be a benefit to mein your case the decision is also yours.
Hope you choose the right one
Cheers
Piak
Piak