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Early Breast Cancer Treatment Decision
Hi All, I recently was diagnosed with early breast cancer (stage 1, grade 2, HER Negative, Estrogen & Prog positive, no lymph nodes involve) three weeks ago I had a double mastectomy with tissue expan...
Hi @Melski
I'm same stage grade and hormone status. Mine was Invasive Lobular. Although there ended up being 2 tumours, luckily both removed with lumpectomy, I didn't need chemotherapy as the largest tumour was less than 2cm and 3x sentinel lymph nodes were clear. It was explained that chemo is dependent on tumour size ie 2cm or greater. Instead I had 5 weeks radiation them started on 20mg Tamoxifen for at least 5 years but the plan is 10 years.
Good luck with everything.
I'm same stage grade and hormone status. Mine was Invasive Lobular. Although there ended up being 2 tumours, luckily both removed with lumpectomy, I didn't need chemotherapy as the largest tumour was less than 2cm and 3x sentinel lymph nodes were clear. It was explained that chemo is dependent on tumour size ie 2cm or greater. Instead I had 5 weeks radiation them started on 20mg Tamoxifen for at least 5 years but the plan is 10 years.
Good luck with everything.