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Lumpectomy with radiation vs mastectomy for stage 1 invasive plus DCIS
Lumpectomy with radiation vs mastectomy ... messages... articles and doctors saying lumpectomy ... saying there is more freedom with mastectomy
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Hi, I was faced at age 43 with the dilemma of mastectomy vs. lumpectomy in 1992....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1244904/
faced at age 43 with the dilemma of mastectomy ... vs. lumpectomy in 1992. ... Not as much was known then about lumpectomy ... So I opted for the mastectomy + 6 mo ... surgeon says we now know that bilateral mastectomies
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You can look up the doctors. I would think you can read about him on that...
Explained everything and drew out the mastectomy ... vs lumpectomy and wrote about margins ... I had a skin saving mastectomy, with
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I was given the choice of a mastectomy vs. lumpectomy + radiation. I had tunnel vision,...
I was given the choice of a mastectomy ... vs. lumpectomy + radiation. ... was so focused on conservation that mastectomy ... was January 2023, after having the lumpectomy ... Recovery from the lumpectomy and removal
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There is a balancing act with every person. I had ILC, clear sentinel nodes and close...
and close enough clear margins after lumpectomy ... If you go with lumpectomy, radiation ... You need to make the decision of mastectomy ... vs lumpectomy yourself and research
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I too felt it was extensive, especially for a non cancerous polyp in my appendix. Surgeon...
explained it was better to remove more vs ... cancer (guess it's like having a mastectomy ... vs lumpectomy).
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Invasive gone, DCIS remains after re-excision. MRI wait time?
After 1st lumpectomy, path came back ... My initial surgeon recommended mastectomy ... days to avoid false positives from lumpectomy ... before recommending 2nd re-excision vs ... mastectomy.
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How can this be?
Lumpectomy was done 2 weeks ago - carcinoma ... when it was removed (expected 1cm vs ... peer board and the majority think a mastectomy ... 3rd for clear margins OR consider mastectomy ... what the data shows for how much a mastectomy
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