What radiation options did you choose after lumpectomy for DCIS?

Thank you for answering And I wish you a complete recovery

This sounds like a thoughtful approach to exploring your radiation options after DCIS treatment. Many community members have walked this path and found value in sharing their experiences with different radiation approaches - from whole breast radiation to partial breast treatments, and some have discussed their decision-making process when considering whether radiation was right for their specific situation. Each person's choice often depends on their unique medical factors, lifestyle considerations, and comfort level with different treatment approaches. Hopefully others will share their experiences to help you feel more informed as you work with your medical team to make the best decision for your situation.

I had to make the same decision for DCIS, hormone +. Also post menopausal. I chose whole breast radiation because at the time there was not a lot of data on the effectiveness of the partial breast treatment. There is probably more now. I would explore that with your treatment team. For what it is worth, I feel safer with more treatment rather than less.

I had a lumpectomy for stage 0 IDC. The radiation they offered me was whole breast for 5 sessions and then targeted radiation for 5 sessions. Or I could have done whole breast for 30 sessions. My radiation oncologist explained studies showed the shorter course is just as effective so I went with that. I didnt experience any fatigue or major skin problems. The whole breast radiation made the skin pink (I'm very fair skinned) and the focused radiation gave me what felt like a sunburn in the area over my tumor excision. I used steroid cream daily and the "sunburn" lasted a couple weeks at most. Overall I was pleased the side effects were so minor. Good luck with your treatment.

I too had an lamectomy June 12th stage 2 doctor said it was very clean margins and that I don't need chemo and he would like to start me out of 5-day regimental radiation which which is my choice or hormone he explained to me the difference between radiation for 5 days all at once or spread out he says that I'm a great candidate for the first one since I caught it early and all my stats and my numbers and everything are excellent so I'm still confused as to you know I should take the 5-day course which I did some research on and the study is still out not it's a lot of information about not a whole bunch and so I'm perfectly between that and regular standardized radiation and also like to ask the community about how soon after surgery that you start putting my creams or the tapes or the aerial nipples on yourself for repairing.

I forgot to I had a reduction as well