Hi Anonymous,
Welcome to Empowher. Ask your oncologist to explain to you the benefits and side effects of hormone therapy. I don't understand what you mean by hormone therapy for 5 years. Your physician knows your case and is the person to recommend appropriate treatments.
I am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with a rare cancer called olfactory neuroblastoma. By the time I was diagnosed, it was not early stage but rather had advanced from the nasal passages to the frontal lobe of my brain. The cancer spread to the right parotid gland and several lymph nodes on both sides. I have had multiple surgeries, several courses of radiation and chemotherapy. I am also a registered nurse who happens to have a bad family history for cancer: both parents and all but one grandparent died of cancer.
That being said, though a healthy diet is fine, if you have cancer and you want to fight it, the current modalities of treatment: surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy are your best weapon. Empowering yourself with knowledge, asking questions, finding the right physician or treatment center for you are things you must do. Yes, it is your body and you can either accept or deny treatment. To speak quite bluntly, if I had not undergone all of these treatments, I would not be alive. I hope that anything I have just said helps you in your battle against cancer
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Hi Anonymous,
Welcome to Empowher. Ask your oncologist to explain to you the benefits and side effects of hormone therapy. I don't understand what you mean by hormone therapy for 5 years. Your physician knows your case and is the person to recommend appropriate treatments.
I am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with a rare cancer called olfactory neuroblastoma. By the time I was diagnosed, it was not early stage but rather had advanced from the nasal passages to the frontal lobe of my brain. The cancer spread to the right parotid gland and several lymph nodes on both sides. I have had multiple surgeries, several courses of radiation and chemotherapy. I am also a registered nurse who happens to have a bad family history for cancer: both parents and all but one grandparent died of cancer.
That being said, though a healthy diet is fine, if you have cancer and you want to fight it, the current modalities of treatment: surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy are your best weapon. Empowering yourself with knowledge, asking questions, finding the right physician or treatment center for you are things you must do. Yes, it is your body and you can either accept or deny treatment. To speak quite bluntly, if I had not undergone all of these treatments, I would not be alive. I hope that anything I have just said helps you in your battle against cancer
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