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Perhaps I am in the minority but I feel like less is more with cancer treatment. The entire endocrine medicine is an absolute no for me even at 64. If I had what I have now and I was 75 I would not treat this at all but do active surveillance. I am onboard with lumpectomy and proton therapy only, they have already said no to chemo so that was good but if they said chemo or endocrine I would do chemo! And if for some odd reason I can't do Proton then I do surgery only.
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I think Cancer is a kind of disease that wont give you so many options to be cured , you should leave yourself to your doctor and trust him .. If I had the choices I should never ever do Chemo since its the worst part !! if you havent done that so you have no idea what it is !
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@frogjumper to me "less is more" in cancer treatment also refers to endocrine therapy that allows us to avoid chemo! We don't know your situation: Did you have an Oncotype? How responsive is your cancer to estrogen?
When you wrote you would prefer chemo to endocrine therapy I was surprised! Many of us have few side effects and the meds are supposed to reduce risk by almost half. I was 63 at diagnosis and am almost 72. I miss my letrozole: it made me feel safe.
I wanted to avoid radiation so I had a mastectomy. I suppose proton therapy might feel safer.
Anyway, curious why you are so opposed to hormonal therapy, to the point where you would prefer chemo to an AI! I am sure you have reasons....