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Re: Implant Question / Radiation Question - Concerns
Radiation is recommended and pretty much standard treatment for lumpectomies. It has nothing to do with the pathology of your tumor. It is to make sure any stray cells are zapped and the tumor bed gets that extra week of targeted radiation. My first breast cancer was treated with a lumpectomy and radiation. Herceptin was not given for early stage back then (2000).It was her2+ and never recurred. My second cancer was considered a new primary in the opposite breast.
Can you please share where you saw that radiation is not effective on her2+ breast cancer? I've never heard that.
Radiation is easy compared to chemo and chemo is way more destructive on your body than radiation. I would think that you would want to throw everything you can at the cancer now rather than have any regrets later.
Just my opinion, it's your body. Good luck with your treatment
Best
Janis
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March, 2000: 48, Post menopausal (5 yrs HRT) Left breast, IDC 3mm/DCIS 1.6cm, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, mod differentiated, MIB low, lumpectomy, node neg via SNB, rads=33 Stage 1a
June, 2000: Tamox 4.5 years,Femara for 5 years (end in Jan. 2010)
Sept, 2012: 61, Via mamm, ultrasound, biopsy, right breast, 2.3cm tumor, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, poorly diff, KI67 60-70%
BRCA 1 and 2 negative
October, 2012: Bi Mast with tissue expanders, port placement
Final Path: IDC 2.8cm, DCIS, 1/4 sentinal nodes positive (@#$%). Stage IIB
Nov 29, 2012: Begin TCH/6x/every 3 wks, H for 1 year/every 3 weeks.
March 14, 2013: Finished chemo
April 9, 2013: Begin radiation 28x
May 22, 2013: Finished rads
June 1st, 2013: Started Aromasin for 5 yrs.
July 15, 2013: Switched to Letrozole (Femara). Probably for the rest of my life
October 16, 2013: Exchange surgery
October 31, 2013: Finished Herceptin
December 5, 2013: Port removed
Glad this year is over!
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