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Anyone have bleeding from the nipple while doing radiation treatment?
Hello Anyone ever have bleeding from the nipple while doing radiation treatment? Always after I take my bra off. Radiology team and doctor say they...
Fatigue worse after radiation: And still have fatigue, what helps?
HiIn march I will be going into eleven months post radiation. I feel since winter hit my radiation Fatigue and fibro has gotten worse. I...
Aromatase inhibitor vs. radiation post DCIS Stage 0 WITH diabetes
I have to decide whether to choose regular radiation, proton radiation or continuing with letrozole only. I am going for the radiation plan work up...
Lumpectomy with radiation vs mastectomy for stage 1 invasive plus DCIS
Receiving mixed messages... articles and doctors saying lumpectomy with radiation is better for me... understood that I needed radiation and tamoxifen either way. My mother...
About to start radiation: Did anyone have heart or lung complications?
I am starting left breast radiation and wondering if anyone has had complications of heart or lung issues from it?TIA
Does anyone know if there is a time window after radiation to take AI
Does anyone know if you have a period of time to take an AI for it to be effective, after radiation?
Issues with ribs and cartilage after radiation: What can I do?
I finished radiation last August after a lumpectomy. Everything was fine for a couple months. In late December I fractured a rib coughing. A month...
Brown, raised, rough areas under breast after breast radiation
Has anyone else had this?
Low risk IDC: Using data (POLAR assay) to decide on radiation or not
Hello wonderful community,All surgeries behind me now and weighing risks of radiation therapy or not. I've just become aware of new studies and testing that...
Anyone over 65 with early stage breast cancer omit radiation?
.https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/when-can-women-with-early-stage-breast-cancer-skip-radiation-after-lumpectomy-202209152816
If you had radiation, when did you start hormone therapy?
Did you start during radiation? Right after? Or waited until you healed?
Starting Radiation Treatment: Worried about side effects. Tips welcome
Hello, I'm new here and today I start my first radiation treatment. I will be having treatment for 3 weeks. The one thing that keeps...
What type of radiation did you have after DCIS lumpectomy?
HiI had my lumpectomy, December fifteenth, awaiting results of pathology, hopefully January sixteenth, he will have them. just want to know what people have done...
How many weeks after the surgery did you start radiation therapy?
I recently had a lumpectomy for DCIS . How many weeks after the surgery do you start radiation therapy? Would it be too late if...
Breast cancer radiation after 70? What options have you considered?
What options have you considered? No radiation - arimidex only? Is partial breast radiation an option. ACS states women over 70 e certain breast ca...
Breast Radiation: I feel very tight in rib area, anyone else?
I’m on my 11 treatment of breast radiation and I feel very tight in rib area. Rib area feels sore under breast. Anyone else have...
Radiation/fibrosis ick, anything at ALL I can do to prevent/reduce it?
I am post lumpectomy after removing 1.8cm tumor, right side, IDC, stage 1/grade 2, ER+/PR-/HER2- , oncotype 32 but no node involvement and clean margins....
How did you manage the effects of radiation therapy? Low blood counts
I’ve been post radiation for 4 mos., Overall ok, with some fatigue. Last week had blood work , showing a low WBC & RBC. Has...
What do you use for pain from radiation fat necrosis or calcification?
I’m 14 months post radiation and started having a different pain in my breast where the radiation was focused. Because my lesion was in the...
Thyroid Nodules found 2 years after breast cancer radiation treatment
Has anyone experienced thyroid issues/nodules after having BC radiation? In looking back, I may have had undiscovered thyroid issues before BC, but didn't learn that...
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