article_snippet.sent: The majority of women who have breast cancer are routinely given the gruelling drug treatment following removal of the tumour to prevent recurrence.
article_snippet.sent: Although the medication kills off cancer cells, the side effects – including complete hair loss, nausea, sickness, weight gain or loss, and extreme fatigue – can be difficult to live with.
article_snippet.sent: For some women, the prospect of chemotherapy is more daunting than surgery.
article_snippet.sent: Becca Cornford, a 49-year-old mother of three aged 11, six and four, was recovering from being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer last year only to then discover that she had cancer in she other breast.
article_snippet.sent: The majority of women who have breast cancer are routinely given the gruelling drug treatment following removal of the tumour to prevent recurrence .
article_snippet.sent: she said: 'I dreaded chemo more than another mastectomy.
article_snippet.sent: I was worried it would interfere with she being able to look after my children.'
article_snippet.sent: and she was told chemotherapy could not offer much better odds. '
article_snippet.sent: I could have gone through chemo and she had cancer in her other breast could still return,' she says. '