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Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 4 3:53pm | Replies (67)
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I asked my oncologist about this post. As far as if you have radiation Can you only have it once on a breast . His response was that is not necessarily true. It depends what the location is and how much radiation you have. And if a recurrence is in another area you definitely can have radiation. Just thought I would share that.
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I agree, although this is relatively new. When I had radiation in 2004 they still said only once because radiation wasn’t as advanced as it is now. Radiation has come a long way, it is very targeted and with pinpoint precision.
If you have targeted radiation you might be able to get radiation again, just not in the same place twice.
Thanks for sharing.
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My oncologist told me the same: not true, you can have radiation/lumpectomy again and said but most people chose to have masectomy rather than going through everything again.