Page 95 2023 PAINT THE PAPER PINK Lincoln Daily News Oct/Nov 2023 When deciding on a treatment plan How much experience do you have treating this type of cancer? Should I get a second opinion? How do I do that? Will getting a second opinion delay my treatment and can that affect my outcome? What are my treatment choices? What treatment do you recommend and why? Should I think about taking part in a clinical trial? What would the goal of the treatment be? How soon do I need to start treatment? How long will treatment last? What will it be like? Where will it be done? Should my biopsy tissue be sent for a gene expression test to help decide if chemotherapy might be helpful for me? Are there other molecular or protein tests that need to be done on my cancer tissue to help decide my treatment options? What should I do to get ready for treatment? What risks or side effects are there to the treatments you suggest? Are there things I can do to reduce these side effects? How will treatment affect my daily activities? Can I still work fulltime? Will I lose my hair? If so, what can I do about it? Will I go through menopause as a result of the treatment? Will I be able to have children after treatment? Would I be able to breastfeed? Do I have time to freeze my eggs before starting treatment? What are my options? What are the chances the cancer will come back (recur) after this treatment? What would we do if the treatment doesn’t work or if the cancer comes back? What if I have transportation problems getting to and from treatment? If you need surgery Is breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) an option for me? Why or why not? What are the positive and negative sides of breast-conserving surgery versus mastectomy? How many surgeries like mine have you done? Will you have to take out lymph nodes? If so, would you advise a sentinel lymph node biopsy? Why or why not? What side effects might lymph node removal cause? How long will I be in the hospital? Will I have stitches or staples at the surgery site? Will there be a drain (tube) coming out of the site? How do I care for the surgery site? Will I need someone to help me? Continued --
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