Hi all, scared new member here.
I’ve been diagnosed with TNBC with an 8cm tumor. I have looked through lots of post and research and I haven’t found many other people to have this big, and for it to be cured. What is the likelihood that this is in my lymph nodes? I haven’t had them tested but was told the scans didn’t look enlarged. Would this make me stage 3 rather than stage 2. Sorry I’m confused by oncologist calmnes at stage 2 conflicting with the extent of the tumor.
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Hello JollyJC
A warm welcome to the Macmillan online Community, however I am so sorry to find you here under these circumstances. I am Brian one of the Community Champions here at Macmillan.
The Community is divided up into cancer specific groups or chat rooms and to connect with others in the same or similar situation I would advise you to join the triple negative breast cancer group and here's the link you need:
Triple negative breast cancer forum
Just click on the link I have provided and once the page opens up, click on "join" on the black banner at the bottom of the page. Once you have joined the group you can either copy and paste or repost your original post above in the "New Here - Say Hello" section - you are assured of a warm welcome.
If I can do anything else for you please do get back to me.
Best wishes - Brian.
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