Come join others currently navigating treatment in our weekly Virtual Support Groups! See times and register here.
We've made it easier for you to connect! Fill out your NEW profile.
Breastcancer.org is hiring! Read the job posting: Virtual Support Group Facilitator and Community Moderator
Diagnosed Young? We'd love your answers to these questions.

Partial breast radiation

Options

anyone had this treatment

Did your oncologist say it was effective for early

Stage breast cancer. Post menopausal, negative in lymphs, positive oestrogen progesterone, HER negative

Unfortunately for me both breasts.

Left 8 millimetres

Right 2.5 centimetres

Comments

  • quietgirl
    quietgirl Posts: 169
    edited June 2022

    I think many of us who have a lumpectomy end up with a combination of whole breast radiation followed by a boost ( which is actually a partial breast radiation focused on the area of the breast where the cancer has been removed.

  • nat_blue
    nat_blue Posts: 12
    edited July 2022

    I had partial breast irradiation prior to surgery in a trial. I'm now 4 years out. My tumor was much smaller than yours which might be a deciding factor.

  • cowgirl13
    cowgirl13 Posts: 804
    edited July 2022

    vpate, I was offered partial breast radiation and my tumor was 2.6 with 3.0 dcis. I decided not to do it because I was HER2 positive which is more aggressive.

  • gardengurl
    gardengurl Posts: 23
    edited August 2022

    I had partial Left breast rad 10 treatment after my lumpectomy healed.. My tumor was 1cm grade1 tubular type.