Breast Cancer Treatment Options - Why Having Choices is So Important
In reading about this topic online, I came across several medical facilities that offer breast cancer treatment options that include both traditional and complementary medicine. These places all seem to share one goal in common: making sure each patient is well-taken care of in her whole body, not just the area that is affected by cancer.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America have a detailed section on this issue on their website:
www.cancercenter.com/breast-cancer/treatments.cfm
And Fox Chase Cancer Center, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also has a section on their website that explains how “better treatment leads to better outcomes” for their patients:
www.fccc.edu/cancer/types/breast/treatment/index.html
The Mayo Clinic’s website also offers a great section about their comprehensive breast cancer treatment process:
www.mayoclinic.org/breast-cancer/
Have you or someone you know battled breast cancer? What were some of the things that your oncologist offered to help you feel like you were back in control again? What are some things that you wished had been offered to you that were not? I look forward to reading your stories and feedback!
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I did not find my cancer doctor helpful at all. I had the worse reaction to my chemo
Michelle, I had a fine caring surgeon who I see yearly now for checkups but the oncologist was cold as ice and the treatment that he recommended would have meant that I would have given up quality of life, and maybe even not have been able to go to the "dream job" that I had just excepted! So I had to make a choice that felt good to me, I'm glad that I did, just wish EmpowHER had been around then, maybe I could have asked if anyone else was feeling like I was the summer of 05 but I'm here and am a HAPPY SURVIVOR...I regained my groove, as they say!
Thanks for asking,
Respectfully, Princeline