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Bill,
yes, your correct - rad treatment mops up the area.
Once a lumpectomy is done, well that is a ticket to radiation treatment.
I understand and RESPECT the fear that some have regarding radiation treatment....but I consider this...
I was dx. with breast cancer now....there can be a stray tiny cell lurking ...so I look at it this way...would I rather worry about the stray cell getting out...or killing it and maybe have an issue down the road with radiation?
First of all, the methods have changed from the radiation of years past...so I am taking my chances with the radiation getting those little #%@&@#$# ....
Rhonda,
as you already know some women want details and some don't...didn't her doctor explain the treatment?
Maybe he did and she didn't listen or got angry as she did with you? Continue to be nice to her as she is
in battle, but NO I don't think you need to feel bad
that you did something wrong. Your heart is open and you were sharing .....
Hugs,
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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