necrotic: "localized death of living tissue" according to Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary......that would be good news as far as I can figure. So, congrats to your mom! She sure went through an awful lot to accomplish this.
Peace.
dian
I asked her oncolgist today as per his comments it is good that necrotic means Dead. After chemo if a living node becomes necrotic it can be assummed that Chemo has killed all the cells in the Node and that is why the node is no longer alive along with cancer cells in it.
I'm sure you've looked up the term "necrotic lymph node", as I just did. I'm afraid I still don't have any advice on whether this is a good sign or not. On one hand, the fact that it is reduced in size would be a good thing, but not so sure the term "necrotic" is a good thing. I don't know if that means the node is shriveling up, or what. Can you talk to her Oncology team about it? That might be your best bet. I'd hate to give you information based on a guess. Best wishes to you both!
Gail