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Lumpectomy with Radiation Therapy VS Mastectomy
I know every case is different however generally speaking, once we are diagnosed with Breast Cancer - which option (Lumpectomy with Radiation Therapy or Mastectomy) is better if the key objective is ...
I don’t know much yet either as oncologist only mentioned it on Tuesday but apparently it’s a oral form of chemotherapy, for us at the time of pathology they hope for complete pathological response being that there are no cancer cells left, but this only happens in 30 - 40% of tnbc. If there is still cancer cells the xeloda trial showed 6months lowered the risk of return of the cancer by 30% which is huge
i don’t know much about the side effects yet though
i don’t know much about the side effects yet though