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hi, I was diagnosed July 2006. I had a lumpectomy and mammosite. My surgeon put the cath in in his office. Went to the hosp for 5 days about 8 and 2 each day. Had a ct scan before the actual radiation to make sure everything was in place. The actual radiation time was about 8 minutes. After the last treatment the radiation onc removed the catheter.Since this was only approved in 2002 there are not a whole lot of drs. doing it. I live in a suburb of Chicago where there are about 3(including mine) doing it. It did postpone my chemo abit, but maybe since I'm stage 1 no nodes it was okay. I had a good experience with it. According to what my surgeon said recurrences are low from studies so far. It may be too soon to tell, but the actual prodedure just made sense to me. You have to go with your own instincts. Ruth T
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