DCIS Grade 2. Anyone told to skip hormone blockers?
I was diagnosed with a wide span of DCIS, Grade 2. I had a lumpectomy and reconstruction on my right breast and a reduction on my left, clear margins, no invasive detected. My oncologist recommends I do radiation but no hormone therapy. He feels it is not needed and will not change my long-term outcome. I am wondering if anyone else has had this recommendation or has any experience with this.
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hello imcloud
As my experience is already old ( dx’d in 2013), I wasn’t going to bother to respond But as no one else has, I wasn’t even offered the option as my drs felt the risk of the blockers far outweighed their benefit for DCIS
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Thank you for your response. I am confused because my surgeon told me I would be needing five years of hormone blockers, then my oncologist recommended I not take any. I am curious what others have been told/done. I appreciate your reply.
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Your oncologist is the specialist to address medications. Not the breast surgeon.
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DCIS stage 2. No chemo but radiation was suggested and hormone treatment after radiation. I opted out of radiation but am currently on letrozole. I’m 61 and in year 2 of Rx
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A surgeon, although a doctor, does not specialize in cancer tx. You oncologist is your go to for a cancer treatment plan.
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Depends on breast surgeons qualifications.
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DCIS 2. No chemo after lumpectomy but radiation recommended and adjuvant systemic treatment (rx). Opted out of radiation but started letrozole per my medical oncologist. I’d already researched and had questions for him. My surgeon is in agreement with me and my medical oncologist. 5 years on letrozole and onc tests me for any recurrence. If I’m good I’m off Rx in 3 more years. Clear margins nothing to report from sentinel nodes excision biopsy.
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