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Sentinel node biopsy came back positive
Hi everyone My name is Laura and I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carsinoma in my left breast on the 10th of Feb. I have tiny breast so the cancer covered a large area so a mastectomy was necessa...
Hi Laura, I had lumpectomy & sentinel nose biopsy last July & on frozen section at time of lumpectomy the node was negative but on further testing they found cancer so 5 days later I had mastectomy & 12 nodes removed. A further 2 had cancer. It was a huge shock as I was told I would probably just have radiotherapy but have had chemo as well. As the other ladies have said they could be microscopic. The waiting is hard. Best wishes.