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Margo, welcome. Choosing between a lumpectomy vs a mastectomy is a big decision. You may be...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/758586/
Choosing between a lumpectomy vs a mastectomy ... discussion:
- Preventative double mastectomy ... vs lumpectomy with your surgeon. ... questions about the possible benefits vs ... Does a mastectomy mean that you will
Welcome to Connect. I certainly hope you'll find some helpful answers here. I'm going to ask...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1388599/
breast cancer do have surgery--either mastectomy ... or lumpectomy--and might know more ... about partial mastectomy vs. lumpectomy ... I only had a lumpectomy, which because
I am er+, pr-, her2-. My doctor got clean margins and 1 node that was negative....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/772570/
She explained that a lumpectomy flowed ... and that a mastectomy doesn't guarantee ... She also explained the risks of mastectomy ... vs. ... Lumpectomy. I decided lumpectomy.
Hi, I was diagnosed with DCIS in my left breast with focal microinvasion. Then was sent...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/756512/
The surgeon has informed me that any lumpectomy ... surgeon is actually recommending a Mastectomy ... vs. lumpectomy.
@mmichele and @mandyc, welcome. Deciding on treatment is a very personal decision that is hard to...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/972569/
over lumpectomy? ... #39;s case: Why do you recommend a lumpectomy ... over mastectomy? ... vs mastectomy. https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... search=mastectomy+vs+lumpectomy
When
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
You can look up the doctors. I would think you can read about him on that...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1405605/
Explained everything and drew out the mastectomy ... vs lumpectomy and wrote about margins ... I had a skin saving mastectomy, with
I was given the choice of a mastectomy vs. lumpectomy + radiation. I had tunnel vision,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1385975/
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
There is a balancing act with every person. I had ILC, clear sentinel nodes and close...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1013133/
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
I too felt it was extensive, especially for a non cancerous polyp in my appendix. Surgeon...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/139796/
explained it was better to remove more vs ... cancer (guess it's like having a mastectomy ... vs lumpectomy).
@mjmac Welcome to Mayo Connect and glad you have found helpful. I was in similar situation...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1120596/
I went for lumpectomy, and even the ... If I did a lumpectomy and cancer returned ... breast-cancer/treatment/type/surgery/mastectomy-vs-lumpectomy
Hello there - fairly new here with Invasive Lobular. I am sorry to hear you story...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/816035/
I, too, wrangled with the idea of mastectomy ... vs. lumpectomy but all MDs and research ... indicated lumpectomy had same outcome ... outcomes with the research they have, mastectomy ... told chance for re-excision after lumpectomy
@colleenyoung Thank you. I had a septal myectomy in 2021 at the Mayo in Rochester. Then...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1439371/
Had I been told that lumpectomy " ... ;with radiation" is same as mastectomy ... instead of lumpectomy vs. mastectomy ... is same, I might have opted for mastectomy
There are positive outcomes. I had a double mastectomy, skin and nipple saving with immediate reconstruction…,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1438614/
I had a double mastectomy, skin and ... I avoided radiation by doing the mastectomy ... vs a lumpectomy.
Yes. have had 2 lumpectomies with unclear margins. Now contemplating mastectomy to eradicate threat. unilateral vs....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1405471/
Yes. have had 2 lumpectomies with unclear ... Now contemplating mastectomy to eradicate ... threat. unilateral vs. bilateral.
Hello, To all of you who responded to "Newly diagnosed" ... I send a huge, "Way...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1406421/
PILC news and said that I needed a lumpectomy ... I begged for a mastectomy because I ... I asked for a concurrent Left Mastectomy ... After the mastectomy it was found that ... realized that I was so ill from the meds vs
@briarrose hello, I came across this article and hope it would help you make decision on...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1255029/
www.melbournebreastcancersurgery.com.au/lumpectomy-vs-mastectomy-how-to-choose.html
I am being treated at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and I do have a phone consult...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1369116/
I have to choose between lumpectomy ... and radiation vs mastectomy.
When I was first diagnosed in 2012 there was no difference in treatment for ductal vs...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1201917/
difference in treatment for ductal vs ... lobular I would be hesitant to do just a lumpectomy ... I obviously regret not having a mastectomy
Hi - Hang in there and so understand where your "are" - I finished my 19...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/804782/
I also was anxious about lumpectomy ... vs mastectomy but I am now very comfortable ... with lumpectomy decision as the science ... really does say in our cases the mastectomy
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