I had breast cancer 10 years ago. Had surgery, chemo and radiation. Last year I had endometrial cancer as well. Anyway, I have a very good friend who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She sent me a screenshot of her results....looks like she's stage 1A. She had a lumpectomy, so she will be doing some radiation. But my question is regarding her testing. I was shocked to learn her surgeon didn't test any of her lymph nodes. I have no idea why. I had the same result from the initial biopsy...DCIS...but after surgery it was actualy invasive carcinoma and had spread to my lymph nodes, hence the chemo. So it really worries me her surgeon didn't test any lymph nodes. I don't want to express this to her, as I don't want to freak her out......
Hi NtThru57 welcome to the forum. As far as i know they take the Sentinel node during a Lumpectomy and if no Cancer in that node then it has not gone to nodes. i have included a link from Macmillan re staging and grading which may help to understand stage 1A.
gail
