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Few nodes
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Few nodes
by wizard33, Mar 04, 2003 12:00AM
I had a level 2 ax disection after 2 surgeons could not find the sentinal node using radiation and tracer dye. They were only able to find 4 nodes. They were 1.5 cm each but negative
tumor 2cm
er/pr -
proliferant markers
her2/neu -
poorly diff
Invasive ductal carcinoma
What impact do you see in only being able to find 4 nodes if any? The surgeon stated that in the chunk they took they would expect 10-15 nodes.
Looking for what you would think that the treatment should be.
Thanks
tumor 2cm
er/pr -
proliferant markers
her2/neu -
poorly diff
Invasive ductal carcinoma
What impact do you see in only being able to find 4 nodes if any? The surgeon stated that in the chunk they took they would expect 10-15 nodes.
Looking for what you would think that the treatment should be.
Thanks
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-RN,MSN-rf, Mar 04, 2003 12:00AM
Dear Wizard33: The number of lymph nodes does vary from person to person, although this number is small. Since you have had a lymph node dissection,however, one would have to assume that your cancer is lymph node negative. As such, we would treat based on this information. If you had a lumpectomy, we would do radiation therapy. Depending on your age, chemotherapy may or may not be recommended.
My main concern is that the surgeons could not id the sentinal and am a little worried that they are "hiding" somewhere else.
Thanks for your response.