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Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 6 11:41am | Replies (244)
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@cindyhikes

I am a 67 yo who had radiation & chemo for Hodgkins 30+ years ago. I was recently diagnosed with TNBC, Grade 3, Stage 2, localized with 2 tumors and no sign of lymph node involvement.

My doctor recommends standard NAC, mastectomy, AC, but I'm considering mastectomy only. I've hunted but can't find any data on chance of survival.

Does anyone know if that information exists? It would greatly help as my oncologist is urging we start right away - on one path or the other.

I am trying to get into Mayo, but am in a triage queue that I've been told is 7-10 business days long.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jun 13, 2022

Hi @cindyhikes, welcome. You'll notice that I moved your question about choosing mastectomy only for treatment of TNBC to this existing discussion:

- Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/triple-negative-breast-cancer/

I did this so you could see the choices others have made and to more easily connect with triple negative members like @thielmann1 @markagottlieb @kimann @sharonemma @destincindy and more.

I believe that @jjhhdd and @skay (caregiver for her mom) chose surgery only.

Cindy, you didn't mention the size of the tumors. Might it be possible to do surgery first and then decide whether or not to have chemo and/or immunotherapy?

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