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I investigated this option
pretty thoroughly, as I wanted to recieve the least amount of radiation that I could to anything but the tumor bed. I was disqualified because of the skin-to-seroma issue. I was told this really works best in large breasted women, which I definitely am not. The only caveat is a study I saw that said women who had the ballon inserted at the time of lumpectomy had a lot of problems with persistent hematoma/seroma up to a year afterwards. Also, the surgeon needs to know if you are going to have this form of raditation therapy at the time the surgeury is done because they can't leave in clips that can puncture the balloon. Hope these comments are helpful to anyone considering the treatment.
Hopeful
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