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Brca2 age 68. should i get madtectomy?
6 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Breast ca mastectomy: You should discuss with you doctors, oncologist and if they recommend mastectomy then you go through it and if there recommendation is lumpectomy then thats the treatment.You do need chemotherapy and radiation treatment along with the surgical excision that is mastectomy or lumpectomy.
Answered 4/21/2012
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No data: Life time risk is high with brca2 but age after 50 unsure how much true benefit you are likely to obtain from mastectomy.
Answered 7/26/2013
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Options:: are 1 prophylactic mastectomy with immediate reconstruction (see a plastic surgeon for both), 1 taking a drug for 5 years (see an oncologist), or very close surveillance alone- though I wouldn't recommend the 3d option... Have family members get gene testing
Answered 6/21/2015
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