Deciding what treatment

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DeeOne
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Deciding what treatment

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  • DeeOne
    DeeOne Member Posts: 2
    edited July 2013

    10 years ago I was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in my left breast. The treatment was lumpectomy with chemo, radiation and 5 years of tomixiphen.  now I have been diagnosed with DCIS in my right breast, plus atypical ducts, highly suspicious for invasive ductal carcinoma in my left breast.  The doctor is leaning to have a surgical biopsy on the area of the left breast to find out exactly if it is breast cancer.  Then if it's not cancer do a lumpectomy on the right breast with radiation.  If it's cancer then I would have a bilateral Mastectomy.  I'm wondering if I should just do the mastectomy now and not have to worry about cancer in my breast tissue in another 10 years.

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited July 2013

    I can not make you decison but know that in my mind, if I have a reoccurance (I am clean for 5 years in left boobie) then I will do a mastectomy

    but that is me and I have done all the docs have told me to do and my BS actually agrees with me

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