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Expert: - 12/19/2007


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My sister has breast cancer at an early stage and is getting her final chemo treatment this week. She has been told that her radiation will start 4 weeks later. However, we have paid for a cruise that is between Feb 10 and Feb 20. She wants to go on the cruise but is it safe to delay the start of her radiation for 3 weeks?

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I would prefer to let her have her radiation therapy as soon as possible and in my personal opinion her therapy has a higher priority than a cruise! However I can not say in honesty that her therapy will fail with certainty if it is delayed a few more weeks. But I do not like it! However the choice is hers!

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Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.

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I`m a doctor of medicine and a specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have long experience in diagnostics and treatment of breast tumours.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy educated & trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps.You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 I have no restrictions on the number of questions there.

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