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Chemotherapy doubts: Male breast cancer

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Dec 29, 2023 | Replies (18)

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@colleenyoung

@agingrobert, how are you doing? Have you made a decision about continuing with chemo or not? Did you talk about it with your oncologist?

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Hello Colleen. I'm still undecided. I'm in week 10 of Taxol chemotherapy and plan to complete the 12 week plan, however I'm not sure if I will do the AC toxin, which is prescribed next (for 8 weeks). I learned from my Oncologist that 5 year survival odds worsen by 2 or 3 percent if I bypass AC and move directly to radiation and hormone therapies. Not a huge amount, but enough to think about. I need to talk to more folks who have undergone AC to better understand the experience and risks. Still undecided, but I don't want the cure to be worse than the disease.