Breast Cancer No Treatment

Hello @brenda1960 welcome to connect. This certainly sounds like a unique situation, although it may be more common now that all these tests are available to assess risk of relapse. I also would suspect that most people would count their blessings and we might not hear from them here.
I believe that every oncology doctor is essentially a risk management officer, they work to minimize our risk of getting more cancer, and balancing that with our quality of life and risk of side effects.
The things that we each value and balance are different, for me it was living longer because I was in my 30’s when I was diagnosed. I was diagnosed with a very aggressive cancer so treatments were a must. Someone with a less aggressive cancer at an older time in life might have different goals.
What goals are most important to you when thinking about your cancer? Did they remove your tumor completely?

Thank you for your comments. I truly appreciate them.

I opted for a double mastectomy. The oncologist recommended 4 rounds of chem but the margins were so narrow and sentinel nodes clear. So, I opted out of the chemo. I feel it was the best option for me.
I took a holistic approach to continued health and healing.
It is based according to what you think is your informed decision should be always. I feel it is good to advocate for yourself and be mindful the medical professionals are there for a "job". The surgeon gets paid for the surgery, the oncologist gets paid for administering chemotherapy, the radiologist gets paid for administering radiation...so, what are they going to recommend? Do you research and tell the professionals to provide you with studies as it relates to your type of cancer.
Hope this helps and best to you!

I had cancer 6 years ago and saw multiple oncologists, including those in HMO network and top cancer centers, ie, MD Anderson, Stanford, etc. I found different oncologists have different opinion and treatment plan. If I followed my oncologist in SCVHP, (a HMO network plan), I may be dying. Fortunately I did some researches myself. I did not follow her treatment. I saw other oncologists and got a different treatment plan which is professional and worked well on my tumor growth. What my suggestion is that seeing different oncologists and choose the one making sense. Although they are all medical specialists, their professionalism and responsibility can be sky and ground. Some may cause patients die and some may save patients life.
And there are always some options after treatments start since there may be adjustments. I usually ask for opinions from a couple of oncologists, then decide which one is the best for me.