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kazza4450
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11 years ago

How do people know nodes are clear straight after surgery :)

Hi to all :) I was wondering a couple of things. I too just had a lumpectomy and had a clump of nodes removed as apparently the dye didn't work as well as it should of and didn't pinpoint main no...
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Kazzi
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11 years ago

Hi,

Hope you're recovering well.  My nodes from the sentinel node biopsy were initially clear during surgery.  Full pathology, however, came a few days later with what they consider micro-mets in 2 of 5 nodes.  Effectively that hasn't changed my treatment plan, as my medical oncologist was explaining to me she's basing my chemo on the initial size of the tumour, grading and type.  (That informaiton can take up to 10 postop)