With or Without Chemo?

eunicetseng

Hi everyone, this is a post from Taiwan. My mom was diagnosed with tnbc this March, mastectomy, two foci, one tumor size 0.9cm DCIS and another one 3.3cm also DCIS but with 0.3cm invasive, grade 2, stage IA. Most of the doctors we've consulted didn't recommend chemo for such early stage <5mm, but they left it to us to decide since there is no guideline for tnbc right on this borderline, and some of them regard chemo at this stage not so effective as a preventive treatment. My mom is glad she doesn't need to go through chemo, but I am really concerned about recurrence. Anyone here has experienced similar situation to my mom's without chemo and didn't have relapse in long term? I cannot find similar case to relate to in my country, I'm really anxious whether we've made a proper choice or shall we accept chemo?

Moderators

Hi eunicetseng, and welcome to Breastcancer.org. We're sorry for you and for your mom's diagnosis but really glad you've found us!

We're sure you'll receive helpful answers and support from other members here soon. In the meantime you can check out the Triple-Negative Breast Cancer section from our main site, where you can learn more on different treatments options for this type of cancer.

Hope this helps! And please, come back to let us know your final choice!

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Cchen

Hi Eunice,

I am from Taiwan too. It's good (or bad) to meet you here. You probably already made decision of whether to go with chemo as your post was half year ago. I am wondering how much your mom's Ki-67 is. If it is low, it probably not necessary to do chemo as low ki-67 refer to less aggressive tumor cells and on the other hand responds poorer to chemo.

Cchen