6 questions to ask your oncologist about breast cancer

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So, you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. But because this is all so new to you, how do you know what to even ask your doctor? Start here -- six questions to ask your oncologist:

So, you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. Of course, you’re shaken and you want to know more about what happens next and how you’ll fight back. But because this is all so new to you, how do you know what to even ask your doctor?

Knowing more about the chance that the cancer will come back and how much benefit you’re likely to get from each treatment can be helpful in deciding on a plan with your care team.“The receptors are important, both in assisting with discussions about prognosis and in providing insight into how aggressive the cancer is, as well as specific treatment options. Some women are hormone receptor-positive, and some women are HER2 receptor-positive,” Riseberg says.

“In instances of mastectomy, there are a number of different reconstructive plastic surgery options, which could involve either placement of an implant or moving some of their own tissue to make a new breast,” Riseberg says.

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