My sister, now 40 yrs old had a recurrence after a year since first diagnosed 2 years ago, of having an invasive ductal carcinoma on the left breast, had 8 cycles of chemotherapy and 35x radiation treatments. But this time the right breast is inflammed and is inoperable for now. She is to finish 10 cycles of chemo( vinorelbine & oxaliplatin). SO far she is on the 5th cycle this coming week. Is this the usual no. of cycles required for inflammed breast before surgery can be done? What are the factors surgeons/oncologists consider to determine whether or not they can proceed to surgery?
Micky