Why radiation after chemo with IDC?

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Karen_Hikes
Karen_Hikes Member Posts: 4
edited October 2018 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

My original planned treatment was neo-adjuvant (high Ki67 on biopsy), lumpectomy, radiation.

My current treatment is neo-adjuvant, lumpectomy, chemo (high Ki67 on tumor but not as high before neo-adjuvant).

Now I'm rethinking why I need radiation which appears to still be in the cards. Isn't the chemo killing all the remaining cancer cells?

Why should I do radiation after chemo???

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited October 2018

    Chemo doesn't kill all of the cells. Radiation is targeted at the area where the tumor was and kills cells chemo may have missed.

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  • hapa
    hapa Member Posts: 920
    edited October 2018

    My RO told me that cancer and surgery can both disrupt perfusion and so the chemo may not get everywhere it needs to go around the breast and lymph nodes, hence the need for radiation.

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