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kerrie44
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10 years ago

Decision conserving surgery or mastectomy? confused

Hi My name is Kerrie and I am 44 years old and I have just been diagnosed with HER2 breast cancer and have to decide between breast conserving surgery or a mastectomy.  I am having a hard time with...
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Autore
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10 years ago

I had to recently make the same decision. My tumor was triple negative and 3cm (and I had 2 more growing). I was considering a lumpectomy until I discovered I had the BRCA gene mutation. Now I am getting a double mastectomy, as I want to do everything possible to avoid going through this again.