How soon after a lumpectomy does chemotherapy start?How soon after a lumpectomy should or does chemotherapy start?
Answer by pharmacist_sid
3-4 weeks after
Answer by zrepmd
Most clinical trials start chemotherapy within 42-60 days; some older studies went out as far as 84 days. The importance of using a clinical trial as a standard measure is that the experts are the ones coming up with these criteria.
I typically start 3-4 weeks, depending on patient status and disease characteristics, but no problem waiting couple more weeks if needed. I personally don't like going beyond 6 weeks.
God bless, best wishes
Answer by prakash s
chemo therapy can be started any time after the skin stitches/staples are out .theoratically the earlier the better.
Answer by Tarkarri
Your oncologist will be the best one to answer this.
It depends on how you recover from the surgery, if there is going to be radiation before, after, at the same time or not at all, and biopsy results.
General rule of thumb is 3 - 6 weeks.
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