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[quote=Anonymous]BC survivor again -- I am sorry the biopsy was positive but relieved it was DCIS.  You will not need chemo.  Yes, it is 100% curable because the cancer cells have not invaded tissue and therefore cannot metastasize.  Thats why you don't need chemo.  Only about 40% of DCIS cases actually progress to invasive cancer but they don't know which 40% so they have to treat every case.  Oddly if you have DCIS you are more likely to have a mastectomy than if you have invasive cancer because the area that is involved is more widespread.  Though a lumpectomy may still be an option.  If you have a mastectomy you will not need radiation.  So, really the focus now would be on surgery -- what kind.  If lumpectomy is an option, I encourage you to strongly consider it.  It really is much easier in the long run and much easier to recover from.  radiation is not that bad.  They say 50% of women get fatigued with radiation.  The best thing to do to avoid that is exercise, even just walking.  I'm a runner and had no fatigue with radiation.

The good news now is that you can move from the "what if?" phase and get a plan and put it into action.  By summer it will be over.[/quote]

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