MY MOM,61, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. HAD LUMPECTOMY IN
SEPTEMBER. TUMOR WAS 2.1 CM. INVASIVE, GRADE 1, 1 NODE POSITIVE.
SHE JUST FINISHED DOSE DENSE CHEMO (AC,THEN TAXOL).NOW SHE
HAS TO GO FOR RADIATION. SHE IS STARTING TO WANT A MASTECTOMY
IN YOUR HONEST OPINION WHAT WILL BENEFIT HER THE MOST.AS FAR
AS LESS RISK OF RECURRENCE AND FOR SOMEONE IN HER AGE. SHE DOES
NOT CARE ABOUT LOSING HER BREAST,SHE JUST WANTS PEACE OF MIND.
DO YOU THINK IT IS BETTER TO TAKE OUT WHAT HAD CANCER (MASTECTOMY)OR TREAT IT (RADIATION). ALSO, CAN THE RADIATION DAMAGE HEART,LUNG??? MY MOM IS BIG BREASTED 42DD, SO THERE IS MORE BREAST TISSUE.