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If you have mastectomy, are her2 positive, but have positive lymph nodes is chemo/axillary clearence avoided
Hi Everyone, Wife was diagnosed TNBC last April. 23mm tumour, no nodes. She had 4x Ec & 12x Pax chemo. She had WLE and pathology result showed a great result. Was only 1.5mm residual (and that was dying) and the nodes never had any cancer. The Surgeon...
Hi my roller coaster ride has got scary again after 8 sessions of chemo mastectomy in march followed by radiotherapy I have had 4 " normal" months.I had a rash and blister like lump around my scar.I had a CT scan and the say cancer is back spreading into...
I had DCIS five years ago, I had a lumpectomy and 15 sessions of radiotherapy. Sadly at my last mammogram it had come back and I had a mastectomy a little over a week ago. My family and friends have been very supportive but I would like the help of other...
I’m seeing the oncologist in a couple of days and have been told that chemo is the standard treatment, but I’m eligible for the optima trial. Any advice on which route I should take?
Hi, I was just diagnosed yesterday. Weirdly I feel so much calmer, the not knowing was worse. I find out my biopsy results next week and then I think we make my treatment plan, MRI etc. It's all so new. Is it normal to feel so utterly washed out, no...
Does anyone know how long after surgery you should restart the phesgo treatment for HER 2+? Originally started with neoadjuvant chemo but paused for surgery...
Hi everyone. I’m new to this group so please bare with me whilst I explain my Situation. I had my first appointment at my hospital on the 1st October. I have had previous breast operations due to another condition called Hemihypertrophy and I often...
Hi, I got my results yesterday. I did have grade 2 , but it changed to grade 3 after my sentinel node biopsy The lymps are clear . I've been told I'm early grade 3, stage 1a. I'm so in daze none of it seems real. Got told that in the margins...
Hi there, recently turned 50, had my first mammogram in December, after a call-back and lots more tests, biopsies, etc, got a DCIS diagnosis this morning. Have to have a mastectomy and feeling kind of terrified... also somehow need to decide on whether...
