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7mm invasive ductal carcinoma

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 10 9:29am | Replies (52)
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@katrina123

Are you sure that you had 600 Gy per session? That is an enormous amount.

I am having 4 weeks (20 days) of treatment with a total just under 50 Gy.

Typical breast cancer dose is 45 to 60 Gy total.

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salamander | @salamander | Feb 18 11:19am

I also had 600 Gray for 5 sessions!

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Rubyslippers | @triciaot | Feb 18 12:04pm

Sorry, I was listing cGY not GY. I didn’t know the difference until you questioned it. Looks like it was 300 GY total.
See the cancer center report from MD Anderson. I also included the “map” where they focused the radiation.
VMAT format sends radiation in layers, less on surrounding area, more on cancer bed. You can see the color outlines of where radiation was concentrated, right breast. Also includes outlines of excluded areas.

I also used the breath & hold method where radiation was activated only when I took a large breath and held it. It brought my chest up away from organs. It was very interesting- I was turning on/off the radiation rays with breathing.

I did 5 consecutive days. But I now believe they are scheduling five days total, with tx every other day.

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