Diagnosed w/DCIS yesterday

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  • oliviafinnegan
    oliviafinnegan Member Posts: 58
    edited November 2011

    Oh good grief! So sorry - somehow I did not see your more recent posts Robynkk  - nevermind!

    Glad you are in great spirits and doing well! 

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  • cycle-path
    cycle-path Member Posts: 1,502
    edited November 2011

    "If I ever have a recurrence and it is more advanced DCIS or invasive, I will be able to have radiation (you can only get it once on the breast treated) or a mastectomy that will be better for reconstruction. Apparently once you have had radiation on a breast the skin may not be suitable for reconstruction, but I'm only going by what others have said on this forum as I have no personal experience with that."

    Just to get some more detailed info "into the record" in case others find this thread in the future... 

    While I'm fairly sure what you say is true for Whole Breast Irradiation (which is what most BC patents get), it's not true if you have Intraoperative Radiation (IORT) and I don't think it's true for Partial Breast Irradiation (PBI -- Mammosite, Contura, Savi, etc.). 

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  • robynkk
    robynkk Member Posts: 138
    edited November 2011

    Dr. Holmes (formerly at USC but recently moved to another location) speaks all over the world regarding his new lumpectomy/radiation findings.  He CAN do another lumpectomy after hte first one.  For me that wasn't an option since I ended up having Stage II, not DCIS but Dr. Holmes is an angel!

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