People can only give their experiences here, nobody is a professional. What I can say from my experience: I was NOT told about all the ramifications of my treatment and its side effects. I did not understand what I was getting into. I had small children and I was scared. That was a bad basis for making a treatment decision. I've lived to regret it. And the thing is, I'm never sure whether the key word in that sentence is 'lived' or 'regret' ... but that's where I am. If I had it to do again, I wouldn't do it ... but then, if I had it to do again, it would mean yet another recurrence, and that'd be a whole 'nother ball game. There's just no knowing. I think I was given bad advice given the level of my cancer, and then bad follow-up care. I think others get better care. But radiation stays with you, no matter what.