Women go for breast op rather than radiation

WOMEN with breast cancer are opting to have a mastectomy rather than face a six-hour journey for 10 minutes of radiation treatment.

The only other alternative for women living in Donegal is to live away from their family for six weeks but for some that prospect is worse than radical surgery.

Letterkenny-based surgeon Kevin Moran said women would never have to make such a drastic decision if they lived in Dublin or if there was a proper after-care service.