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Lumpectomy without radiation vs Mastectomy
I have grade 1, Well Differentiated Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer. It is 9 mm. Because I can not have radiation after the Lumpectomy (I had...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 12, 2023
Locator clips placed during lumpectomy for radiation therapy
I’m interested in how many people where provided information in there chart’s regarding the placement, quantity, and type of clip that was placed in there...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 23, 2024
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...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 13, 2024
Fear of radiation after lumpectomy
I was seriously thinking of refusing radiation after lumpectomy because I had complete removal of tumor with wide negative margins. I was convinced that there...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 9, 2024
DCIs hi grade after lumpectomy
Has anyone selected a lumpectomy without radiation? Pathology report posted a 7m clear margin. What was your outcome?
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 6, 2023
Lumpectomy + radiation VS Mastectomy -- pros cons?
Hi, I was diagnosed with DICS ER- Multifocal in the fall. It has taken four months to get to this point in the process. Right...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: 4 days ago
Bilateral mastectomy and aromatose inhibitors or tamoxifen
I had DCIS in 2007 in the right breast with lumpectomy and radiation. I then had IDC in 2018 in left breast with lumpectomy and...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 8, 2020
Nerve pain after lumpectomy and breast radiation
I don't know if this has been addressed on this site before but I am having extremely painful nerve pain that goes from my finger...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 8, 2024
Aromatase Inhibitor side effects - dry mouth
I started taking Letrozole a month ago following lumpectomy and radiation for stage 1 Grade 1 breast cancer. The only noticeable side effect I have...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 20, 2019
Having a MRI to rule out recurrence in other breast
I was diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer in Early 2022. Had a lumpectomy and radiation, then Tamoxifen. Will have a MRI this week to...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 18 4:24pm
Anastrozole withdrawal
After only one month on anastrozole after my lumpectomy and radiation, my dr took me off it bc I couldn’t cope with side affects. Now...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 4, 2024
New breast pain 20 years post lumpectomy
I had a right breast lumpectomy with radiation treatments almost 20 years ago. There was no lymph node involvement. I was on Tamoxifen for 5...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 30, 2024
Lumpectomy vs Unilateral mastectomy no reconstruction
I am 46 and three weeks into my stage 1, IDC, HR+, HERS- diagnosis. I have two small tumors in one breast. My genetic testing...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 4, 2023
Can someone who’s had a mastectomy share the psychological effects ?
I had DCIS 12 years ago with lumpectomy and radiation. I now have IDC, and my only option is a mastectomy. I’m 72 and have...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 15, 2023
BI-RADS 3 Question
A couple of days ago I had a mammogram and an ultrasound. It has been 6 months since my breast radiation. The doctor on the...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 30, 2022
Aromatase Inhibitors: How to choose and manage side effects?
I was diagnosed in April 2024 stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma - estrogen positive. I had lumpectomy and radiation my onco score was 12 so...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 7 11:40am
Left hand muscle fatigue after 4 years of TNBC treatment
I had TNBC treated with left breast lumpectomy/chemo/radiation and auxiliary lymph node removed in 2019 ...now a days frequently i am experiencing muscle fatigue and...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 7 10:48am
Breast Pain/Swelling
I had treatment for lobular breast cancer two years ago that included a lumpectomy and radiation, which has caused residual tenderness and a disfigured nipple....
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 16, 2023
After DCIS lumpectomy, seroma, and radiation, is it safe to do rehab?
I had DCIS, stage 0, then a lumpectomy done in Dec.2023. Developed a seroma, had the fluid taken out. Did 5 days total of radiation...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 9, 2024
Withdrawals from Stopping Bioidentical Hormone
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2021 and told to immediately stop using bioidentical hormones which I had been on for about...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 30, 2022