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Although I am a stage 1 patient, I opted for mastec at the decision time. If I were in your shoe, my decision is likely doing the same. My reasons of mastec are: my own G.P.'s wife also had stage 1 breast cancer and they decided to have mastec, additionally, we feel that the "clean margin" does not mean there are no stray cancer cells that are not detectable by the microscope. Even with mastec, there are still possibility that some stray cancer cells are already making their base elsewhere. It takes months and years for the new bases to reveal the real problem. Although many surgeons and medical standard treating procedures now consider lumptec plus radiation equals to mastec, their position on this is on shaky ground, as viewed by many medical doctors. Of course, in the final analysis, it is the patient who must make the ultimate decision.
Ann
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