Breast Cancer - Aggressive Treatment Does Not Mean Better .....

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cp418
cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
edited June 2014 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/for-breast-cancer-aggressive-treatment-does-not-mean-better-treatment/281682/

 

For Breast Cancer, Aggressive Treatment Does Not Mean Better Treatment


 

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited November 2013


    I totally get that for some women, a mastectomy is overkill....AS TREATMENT.


    What they continue to fail to mention is that not everyone can stomach the constant monitoring and testing and scanning that goes with a "once a cancer patient" status. And the scans are cumulative and the dyes are not without risk...and...and...


    I do not believe there is a woman amongst us who opted for bilateral mastectomy on a whim.

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  • Susie123
    Susie123 Member Posts: 804
    edited November 2013


    Well said wallycat.

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  • momof2doxies
    momof2doxies Member Posts: 342
    edited November 2013


    I regret that I did not have a BMX this time last year. Look at my stats, I got another tumor one year later in the other breast. Now I have to monitor a ER+PR+Her2- tumor with Arimidex, and a TN tumor with chemo. There are too many unknown mutations we do not know about and even tumor markers that have yet to be discovered. Yet, we are still using the same chemo drugs for breast cancer that have been around since the 80's. I will be another interesting statistic for my family and doctors to look back on.

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  • jenrio
    jenrio Member Posts: 558
    edited November 2013


    well said above. Mastectomy is a bad option in absolute terms, but still a better option than risking metastasis and having NO REAL options as a MBC patient.


    So go find the damn cure already and stop wasting money on researching mastectomy.

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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited November 2013


    having a mastectomy as opposed to a lumpectomy doesn't keep you from metastasizing.

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  • dogsandjogs
    dogsandjogs Member Posts: 1,907
    edited November 2013


    No, you are right. If it did everyone would have mastectomies--

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