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Margo, welcome. Choosing between a lumpectomy vs a mastectomy is a big decision. You may be...
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
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Oct 7, 2022
Welcome to Connect. I certainly hope you'll find some helpful answers here. I'm going to ask...
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
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Sep 7 9:57am
I am er+, pr-, her2-. My doctor got clean margins and 1 node that was negative....
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.
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Nov 13, 2022
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
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Sep 30 11:15pm
Hi, I was diagnosed with DCIS in my left breast with focal microinvasion. Then was sent...
The surgeon has informed me that any lumpectomy ... surgeon is actually recommending a Mastectomy ... vs. lumpectomy.
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Oct 3, 2022
@mmichele and @mandyc, welcome. Deciding on treatment is a very personal decision that is hard to...
over lumpectomy? ... #39;s case: Why do you recommend a lumpectomy ... over mastectomy? ... vs mastectomy. https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... search=mastectomy+vs+lumpectomy When
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Nov 29, 2023
Hi, I was faced at age 43 with the dilemma of mastectomy vs. lumpectomy in 1992....
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
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Feb 24 7:13pm
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
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Sep 3 4:30pm
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
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Feb 10, 2024
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).
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Posted: Oct 17, 2020
@mjmac Welcome to Mayo Connect and glad you have found helpful. I was in similar situation...
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...
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
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Feb 23, 2023
Yes. have had 2 lumpectomies with unclear margins. Now contemplating mastectomy to eradicate threat. unilateral vs....
Yes. have had 2 lumpectomies with unclear ... Now contemplating mastectomy to eradicate ... threat. unilateral vs. bilateral.
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Sep 30 5:36pm
Hello, To all of you who responded to "Newly diagnosed" ... I send a huge, "Way...
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
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Oct 2 5:46am
As I said in my post, my surgeon told me after she consented to another surgery,...
fact, he gave me a choice between a lumpectomy ... or single mastectomy. ... A lumpectomy would have been completely ... How would I have faired with a lumpectomy ... this information (higher than 1 in 7 vs
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Jul 21 11:43pm
I was just diagnosed with the same cancer, known as IDC-L or mixed breast cancer. Only...
that breast to match the one with the lumpectomy ... I just had a successful lumpectomy. ... for me is more commonly done today vs ... . the double mastectomy that used to
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Aug 19 7:14pm
I have chronic heart disease. I had a bilateral mastectomy in May 2025. Cancer was found...
I had a bilateral mastectomy in May ... I did not want lumpectomies...because ... radiation which is always done following lumpectomies ... Weigh your options - risks vs. benefits
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Aug 12 9:25am
When I was first diagnosed in 2012 there was no difference in treatment for ductal vs...
difference in treatment for ductal vs ... lobular I would be hesitant to do just a lumpectomy ... I obviously regret not having a mastectomy
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Jan 1 4:13pm