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Breast cancer surgery vs harmone therapy
My grandmother is suffering from rt breast ca.. Size as per memography is 4.4 * 4.1 * 3.7 large heterogeneous mass suggestion of neoplastic etiology... There was abdomen usg also done but no impact found in other organ and also left breast memography is also normal... Biopsy of the mass indicate invasive mammary carcinoma ductal... Score was 5.. Grade 1... No ductal carcinoma in situ component...dermal vessel are positive for tumour... Please suggest best option... Surgery or harmone therapy or anything else
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I think you are asking this in view of her old age. I need to know the hormonal status and patients condition for best opinion. Surgery is most important, whenever feasible. Hormonal therapy will work only if it is hormone receptor positive. We can discuss this further alongwith these reports.
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