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Lymph nodes under the arm and neck area.
Hi to you all. I am interested in knowing if anyone has had Radiation to the neck area and what was the outcome. I have been on Letrozole for two and a half years to shrink the BC and the nodes. Has b...
Hi @Chea,
I had a discussion with my Radiation Oncologist last week where she gave me the choice of including radiation to my clavicular, mammary chain and high axillary lymph nodes on top of my affected lymph nodes and breast following my lumpectomy surgery and chemo.
To help with my decision she sent me this study below which showed the side effects of treatment (which included a slightly higher but still quite low risk of lymphadema and pneumonitis.)
This is a link to it, it was called the MA20 trial:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1415340
Hope that helps.
I had a discussion with my Radiation Oncologist last week where she gave me the choice of including radiation to my clavicular, mammary chain and high axillary lymph nodes on top of my affected lymph nodes and breast following my lumpectomy surgery and chemo.
To help with my decision she sent me this study below which showed the side effects of treatment (which included a slightly higher but still quite low risk of lymphadema and pneumonitis.)
This is a link to it, it was called the MA20 trial:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1415340
Hope that helps.