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Joan, I hope you get this reply. It looks like things have changed a little since I posted last.
Anyway regarding your question on masectomy surgery. I see a local onc. and I also see an onc. at MD Anderson in Orlando. I had a masectomy over 2 years ago, and when I went to see the onc. at MD Anderson she asked me why I had a masectomy. I was floored and the only answer was "they told me I needed one". According to her, she felt since I was a stage IV and the cancer had already spread beyond my lymph nodes , and I was getting treated, I shouldn't of had one. The treatment will kill the cance no matter where it is.
So to answer your question; if I had to do it all over again, I would not of had a masectomy because what the onc. from MD Anderson said made sense to me. You need to trust your onc.
Hope this helps.
-Verna
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