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Hopeful · 05-13-2014, 07:16 AM

What patients may not realize "in the moment" of making decisions about early bc tx is that pretty much all cancer treatments are toxic, and many cause other cancers "down the road." AC chemo, for example, can cause leukemia. My philosophy has been to avoid the piling on of therapies "just in case," and accept those I think provide the optimal benefits when balanced against the potential long term side effects. I did have lumpectomy and radiation and still believe that rads were the right choice for me, even though I would have foregone the tx if I could not have found a doctor that promised me she could keep my heart out of the tx field. Everything in this disease is a trade off.

Hopeful

05-13-2014, 07:16 AM	#6
Hopeful Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,380	Re: Secondary Angiosarcoma to the breast? What patients may not realize "in the moment" of making decisions about early bc tx is that pretty much all cancer treatments are toxic, and many cause other cancers "down the road." AC chemo, for example, can cause leukemia. My philosophy has been to avoid the piling on of therapies "just in case," and accept those I think provide the optimal benefits when balanced against the potential long term side effects. I did have lumpectomy and radiation and still believe that rads were the right choice for me, even though I would have foregone the tx if I could not have found a doctor that promised me she could keep my heart out of the tx field. Everything in this disease is a trade off. Hopeful