Anyone with LOCAL RECURRENCE NOT have more chemo?

Hi Alibeths,

I can't answer your question about chemo or recurrence, but I wanted to wish you well.  Waiting for the MRI results has got to be tough.  When do you get the results?  Let us know how you're doing.

hugs

Bren

Alibeth's- Do you know what treatment(s) you will have?

Initial plan for me with recurrence was no chemo, just rads, but then they found another tumor hiding, so chemo again for me

Alibeths, sorry you are going through this again. I didn't have chemo for my initial dx. I had DCIS, and simply removing my breast was thought to be enough. When I had my chest wall recurrence 9 yrs later, with two positive nodes, I did have to have chemo, and rads, in addition to more surgery. That dx was 5 yrs ago last November, and I'm still here. Best to you.

Alibeths, my Mom had a lumpectomy/radiation the first time and a mastectomy/aromatase inhibitor the second time (15 years later).  However they did a sentinel node biopsy the second time and it was clear.

If you have a positive node the doctors will recommend chemotherapy.