This is my first post since joining the group. I was diagnosed in early July with DCIS in my left breast, the most curable breast cancer of all. My cancer is an aggressive one but still favorable to most. I had a lumpectomy and a sentinal node biopsy on August 21st and was told...
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Phyllis Johnson
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 05:16 AM -
Radiation anyway?
PJ Hamel
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 06:23 AMHi - Sometimes it does take 2 or 3 surgeries to get clean margins - the surgeon is walking a tightripe, trying to get clean margins while still leaving a good cosmetic result.
I'm thinking you should have radiation whatever the second surgery shows - I hope that was part of your initial plan? For DCIS, a lumpectomy with radiation is the standard of treatment.
If there are no clean margins, you'd probably want to consider a mastectomy (in which case you might not need radiation). But let's think positive, and hope this was your last surgery. Good luck - we look forward to hearing from you again when you get those good results! PJH
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Dear Friends that will have LUMPECTOMY...
I'm sure it was difficult to find out about the margins after initially being told that the results were good. I had a similar incident with my biopsy. The preliminary report said no cancer, so I was terribly relieved. Then a week later, I found out I did have cancer. I'm very grateful to the pathologists who paid close attention to every slide despite their first impression and who found my cancer. I hope you get good news from this second surgery.