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Thinking about choosing mastectomy
My question is about whether it's a good idea to have my left (so far, healthy) breast removed as a precaution. I'd rather keep it, but if it increases risk of recurrence I'd have another mastectomy. Last March I had multiple tumours in my right breast, Grade 3, and the cancer had spread to 6 out of 20 nodes, so to me it seems like it was quite a nasty aggressive one. I wondered what other people's experiences have been like, what you were advised etc. I'm lucky to have an excellent consultant, and I'll be discussing it with her next visit, but I'd love to hear from anyone with their thoughts on this.
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Caroline
Diag. March 10th 2006, aged 46.
Invasive ductal carcinoma, 2cm + multifocal. Stage 2, Grade 3
HER2+++, ER+/PR+
Right mast. May 2006. 6 of 20 nodes positive
FEC x 4, taxotere x 4; port implanted after 6 cycles
Rads x 25
1 year of Herceptin ended Nov 07.
Arimidex 5 years
Considering reconstruction, maybe soon...
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