Breast Cancer Advice Center

I have stage 0 in breast cancer which treatment better radiation or chemotherapy? has the least side effects?

Public Comments

1. I am a breast cancer survivor. Are they offering you either one or the other? Usually what they do is dependent upon lumpectomy vs mastectomy. Lumpectomy plus radiation and chemo is equivalent to mastectomy plus chemo. But I would think that stage 0 would always be lumpectomy? I was stage 2 , so I did mastectomy plus chemo...since the radiation would be one more step and more time in treatment (disrupting work). It is your choice. Each woman chooses differently according to their own situation. Neither one is fun, that is for sure, but you can get through this. Pray for strength.
2. For me it would be better if you take chemotherapy... radiation is a cancer-causing agent and at the same time, it's a treatment...