Question- Radiation yes or no

[Leslie's sister]

Hello everyone-
I actually have two questions.
1) Tumor size 5 cm; one lymph node involved. Two oncs say no to radiation and radiologist says yes to radiation. Anyone in a somewhat similar situation? What did you do? I have read that radiation reduces the chances of cancer reoccuring locally and reductions are a good thing right.

2) Radiation and reconstructive surgery- Anyone out there that elected to have radiation and then had reconstructive surgery? Did you have any problems with reconstruction after radiation?

Thank you. My sister is at a crossroad right now. She definitely wants to decrease her chances of having the cancer come back locally but she wants reconstructive surgery and doesn't want to hurt her chances of being able to have that. Just let me know in general what your thoughts are on radiation