Hi everyone,
Im 52 and had wide local excision for dcis on 24th Nov. At my follow up appointment with the surgeon on Thursday, she advised it was small 9x12mm, non invasive, intermediate and was removed with clear margins. She said next step is referral to oncologist for a 3 week radiotherapy course. I had read online that these days only high grade dcis is followed up with radiotherapy, so I questioned and she said as it's all intermediate and no low grade, she'd encourage me to accept the radiotherapy and she personally would take it. I am actually relieved at this as I'm someone who likes to cover all bases so will feel much better if I get radiotherapy to 'mop it up', but do you think she has it wrong and the oncologist will say it's not required? Has anyone else on here had radiotherapy offered for intermediate non invasive dcis in the last few years?
Also what else will the oncologist be able to tell me about the cancer that my surgeon wouldn't have known at the follow up which was 9 days after surgery; I don't have this appointment yet so I presume they are still doing histology. How soon after surgery does this happen and what sort of questions should I ask?
Thanks so much all!
