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onlydalavalley
onlydalavalley Member Posts: 1
edited June 2014 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

I had stage 1 removed no ductal cancers, invasive ductal carc erp positive. biopsy done all neg. now they want me to take 33 to 36 rad treatments, on estrogen blocker. I do not want to have rad done does anyone know where I can go to check precentages for bc return if I don't have rad?

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  • Shirlann
    Shirlann Member Posts: 3,302
    edited March 2011

    Probably ask your doc/onc, if you get no where, then check the web.

    Gentle hugs, Shirlann 

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  • Eloise
    Eloise Member Posts: 137
    edited March 2011

    http://www.adjuvantonline.com/index.jsp is one site, though it is geared more to medical professionals than patients.  Perhaps your doctor could go through that site with you.  In any case, your doctor should be able to give you a risk percentage with and without radiation that's specific to your case. Don't be satisfied with a general statement like "radiation cuts your risk in half" -- is that 50% of a 20% risk, or 50% of a 2% risk?  If you make it clear to your doc that you are seriously considering declining radiation, then the pressure will be on him or her to make the best case for it. 

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