monitoring residual cancer after lumpectomy
after lumpectomy, how can we make sure that no cancerous cell is left inside, when it is diagnosed IDC.and how accurate is that diagnosis.what are the options to treat it , if cancerous cells are left in sorrounding tissue and on what the treatment option depends.
please suggest/advice me.
thanking you
shambhu
Hi - The surgeon will make sure that there are clean margins - i.e., that there are no cancerous cells in any of the remaining surrounding tissue. Then hopefully radiation should take care of any stray cancer cells that escaped everyone's observation. There's no guarantee, of course; with cancer, there never is. After a lumpectomy and radiation, there's still a chance the cancer could come back. Taking hormone therapy, if the patient is ER/PR-receptive; or Herceptin, if she's HER2-neu-receptive, is another way to lower the risk of recurrence. I'm sure you'll be presented with all of these options. We take our best shot with treatment, then wait and hope. Good luck - PJH
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