Anyone have dense-dose chemo but no radiation?

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jennytwist
jennytwist Member Posts: 896
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I had a mastectomy (one) - tumor was 3.5 cm. Lymph node positive and my oncotype score was 32. I had chemo bi-weekly for 16 weeks and am now on tamoxifen. Seems like everyone also has radiation. ????
thanks for any input/info
-Jenny

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  • chickad52
    chickad52 Member Posts: 497
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    Jenny
    My bc is different than yours , but I think everyones is treated differently. I'm sure someone here can relate! Hugs, Diane
  • e_hope
    e_hope Member Posts: 370
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    EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT
    EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT TREATMENT....

    I also have stage 2b right breast cancer.. My tumor was 3.5 cm and I had two positive lymph nodes. I had dose dense chemo adromycin and cytoxin (AC) 4 treatments every other week and 4 treatments of taxotere (T) every 3 weeks... and I am getting radiation 30 treatments..

    The oncologist base your treatment on many factors... 1- your stage, 2- your age, 3- your grade of cancer cells, and 4- what factors your tumor is respective too..

    I am 36, with grade 3 cancer cells and triple negative tumor...and I had a double mastectomy

    If you are concern make an appt with the radiation oncologist and see what they have to say. My radiation oncologist does radiation on anyone with positive nodes, but that being said.. A friend of mines mother has BC.. she is 56, had a double mastectomy w/tumors in both breast, stage 3b, one tumor over 5 cm and she is not getting radiation..

    You will come to find out from reading all the other ladies post every doctor has their own way of doing things...

    My only advice... if your concerned... make an appointment with the radiation oncologist, It won't hurt to see what they have to say.. because if your like the rest of us.. you want to fight this with everything they have once...

    Good luck...
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
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    e_hope said:

    EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT
    EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT TREATMENT....

    I also have stage 2b right breast cancer.. My tumor was 3.5 cm and I had two positive lymph nodes. I had dose dense chemo adromycin and cytoxin (AC) 4 treatments every other week and 4 treatments of taxotere (T) every 3 weeks... and I am getting radiation 30 treatments..

    The oncologist base your treatment on many factors... 1- your stage, 2- your age, 3- your grade of cancer cells, and 4- what factors your tumor is respective too..

    I am 36, with grade 3 cancer cells and triple negative tumor...and I had a double mastectomy

    If you are concern make an appt with the radiation oncologist and see what they have to say. My radiation oncologist does radiation on anyone with positive nodes, but that being said.. A friend of mines mother has BC.. she is 56, had a double mastectomy w/tumors in both breast, stage 3b, one tumor over 5 cm and she is not getting radiation..

    You will come to find out from reading all the other ladies post every doctor has their own way of doing things...

    My only advice... if your concerned... make an appointment with the radiation oncologist, It won't hurt to see what they have to say.. because if your like the rest of us.. you want to fight this with everything they have once...

    Good luck...

    Everyone is different in
    Everyone is different in their treatments. Your oncologist treats you accordingly to your pathology report and whatever surgery you have done. Good luck!

    HUGS
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
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    survivorbc09 said:

    Everyone is different in
    Everyone is different in their treatments. Your oncologist treats you accordingly to your pathology report and whatever surgery you have done. Good luck!

    HUGS

    I had rads and no chemo.
    I had rads and no chemo. But, that is the treatment plan that my oncologist had for me. He also wants me to take tamox, but, I haven't started it yet.

    We are all individuals and have different and unique plans. I don't think anyone is alike. Talk with your doctor if you are concerned. Luck to you!

    Lex♥
  • j916
    j916 Member Posts: 141
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    Alexis F said:

    I had rads and no chemo.
    I had rads and no chemo. But, that is the treatment plan that my oncologist had for me. He also wants me to take tamox, but, I haven't started it yet.

    We are all individuals and have different and unique plans. I don't think anyone is alike. Talk with your doctor if you are concerned. Luck to you!

    Lex♥

    no rads
    i had the same treatment you did...stage II, one out of 13 lymps positive...now on taxol...but at my next visit i intend to as this question as well as why i'm not on herceptin
  • e_hope
    e_hope Member Posts: 370
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    j916 said:

    no rads
    i had the same treatment you did...stage II, one out of 13 lymps positive...now on taxol...but at my next visit i intend to as this question as well as why i'm not on herceptin

    j916....... Herceptin is
    j916....... Herceptin is only give if you are HER2 positive...
  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
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    e_hope said:

    j916....... Herceptin is
    j916....... Herceptin is only give if you are HER2 positive...

    It seems that everyones
    It seems that everyones treatments are a little different. I had a lumpectomy and am now in rads. No chemo which I am grateful for.

    Your oncologist will be the one that can answer all of your questions about your own treatment.

    Sue :)
  • lolad
    lolad Member Posts: 670
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    Ritzy said:

    It seems that everyones
    It seems that everyones treatments are a little different. I had a lumpectomy and am now in rads. No chemo which I am grateful for.

    Your oncologist will be the one that can answer all of your questions about your own treatment.

    Sue :)

    Jenny
    I have only had chemo so far and then its the hormonal therapy. I dont have to do radiation because i had a double mastectomy is what i was told by my onc.

    take care
    laura
  • jhayslip
    jhayslip Member Posts: 11
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    Wish this was explained before you started treatment
    Jenny,

    I was somewhat saddened to come across your post. Many times, there are multiple choices and opinions about what will be the best treatment for someone. Many large or university cancer centers will ask that surgeons, chemotherapy specialists (medical oncologist) and radiation treatment specialists (radiation oncologists) all work together to help patients create the plan that suits them best. If this was going on, then I would expect that you would have already understood the answer to your question.

    In order to help decide what is best for you, I would have expected that your doctors would have exlained the "plusses" and "minuses" of the different options.

    I have blogged before about some of the different treatment options and some common reasons why some people end up with different treatments than others: http://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/forums/blogs/cancer-research/archive/2009/09/15/how-much-treatment-for-breast-cancer.aspx

    To more directly answer your question, I have known of many people who needed chemotherapy but not radiation. I think of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy as being part of a treatment "package". As others have suggested, what package you choose will be determined uniquely for each person and will depend upon what type of treatments are available in your region.

    John

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