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Silba
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7 years ago

Radiation on hip bone.

Hi, have metastatic breast cancer , left breast, left lymph and two lesions in hip bone, just finished six months chemo, 4 AC/T and 12 Taxol. no change , so semi good news. Have a lot of pain in my hip even if keeping very active , onc. suggested radiation for pain , now he is saying it can kill or slow down tumors in hip area. has anyone had this done and what has been the outcome .soon to have double mastectomy. Only 49 so don't want to limit treatment options  but confused ......cheers Silvia
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  • Silba's avatar
    Silba
    Member
    7 years ago
    Hi Hankster, that is very helpful information, I just wanted to know percentage rates of success as oncologist says it helps but wouldn't put figures down, from what I'm hearing it's worth the treatment .
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    Hankster
    Member
    7 years ago
    Radiation made a huge difference for me.  It reduced the pain in my hips by about 80%  4 years on pain level is the same 
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    wendy55
    Member
    7 years ago
    Hi @Silba,
    I have mets to my spine and 4 years ago I was offered what was called palliative radiotherapy, I must add I also suffered with back pain due to a work injury and the mets to my spine just made it worse.
    I had the radiotherapy, which consisted of a one off treatment of radiation and it was very successful and 4 years later I am still relatively pain free.So very sorry to hear that this has happened, perhaps you would like to join the living with metastatic breast group.
    wendy55
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    LMK74
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    7 years ago
    Hi @Silba, my mum had metastatic lung cancer with Mets in her spine among other places. Her spine caused the most pain, she had radiation on it and pain relieved. Best of luck.
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    JoeyLiz
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    7 years ago
    So sorry for what you are going through.
    Radiation is very good for bony mets. It should stop it progressing further in the area. It can cause a flare up of pain before you get the benefit though. Best wishes.