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Multifocal and Multicentric Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Apr 20, 2023 | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
My head is spinning. I am confused about how to move forward with the surgeries.
My second surgeon told me that lumpectomy would work well with what I have. Both were offered, lumpectomy and mastectomy. My first surgeon offered both too.
My sister's oncologist surgeon from Romania saw my images and said that she wouldn't offer any lumpectomy. She said that the mastectomy is the right surgery for the multifocal cancer.
Did any of you have Multifocal Ductal carcinoma? Please share your experience?
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I didn’t have lumpectomy option. I was told I needed unilateral and I immediately knew I wanted bilateral. I would have chosen mastectomy over lumpectomy anytime. Going thru this once is already devastating. I have read too many stories of women having recurrence after lumpectomy. I am not saying mastectomy eliminates recurrence 100% but I would at least think it decreases the local recurrence. I did my mastectomy Sept 2022. Have expanded currently and will have reconstruction around October 23. I do not feel any less having had mastectomy.