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Right breast cancer DCIS: Is 4-5 weeks of radiation normal protocol?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Apr 19 1:36pm | Replies (95)Comment receiving replies
Anastrozole is endocrine therapy, to prevent hormones from feeding your cancer.
If I were concerned about the radiation, I would talk to my radiation oncologist about this, but I can tell you radiation has come a long way in a short time. They can truly pinpoint a small area now, the risk of lung or bone damage is much less than years past. Also being on the right works in your favor.
Will you come back and tell me what you decide after seeing the doctor?
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Spoke with the oncologist and Radiologies oncologist this week! I’m going with 16 day radiation therapy! The oncologist made me feel better about my discussion than the radiologist. Both said radiation long term was less likely than years prior. Radiologist suggested 42.56 gy/16 fractures which he said that equals about 2.56 gy daily?? I believe he said 1.8 for 16 days and 2.5 for 4 days on our first visit so I’m still nervous about the whole thing. But unsure what to think about it. I don’t know how to compare the differences with gy. Or was he just giving me estimates the first day and not facts? Not sure if maybe I’m being to paranoid about the whole situation?