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Ballerina33
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3 years ago

Questions around removal of the primary in metastatic treatment

I am VERY new here so I hope this is not a silly question..... I have been diagnosed and one of my first shocks was they were no longer going to remove the primary cancer. I understand they say the da...
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TonyaM
Member
3 years ago
Hi @Ballerina33,
It’s not that black n white.It depends on various factors such as age, state of your health, how far spread are the metastasis and treatment regime. A few ladies in my group went ahead with a lumpectomy despite having a’spot’ on their vertebrae.They were treated with chemo after surgery. Years later and both are doing well- ‘spot’gone for now.