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To chemo or not to chemo?
Firstly Im really sorry for this long post. I met with my oncologist for the first time on Thursday and here is what I understand. The surgery I've had is left breast mastectomy + 10 lymph nodes t...
Hello. I hope you don't mind if I join in. I had the predict done on my results as well. I'm er+, pr+ and her2 - I have no lymph invasion. My prediction was that if I have chemo it would add another 1% on to my 10 year mortality rate. I'm finding it confusing as to why, for such a small percent that they would offer chemo, with all the nasty things that it can do. I've been told that if I don't do chemo that the best thing is for me to go into early menopause, with their help, and go onto the Aromatase inhibitor rather than Tamoxifen. Just wondering if anyone else has done this?