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Kevin and Sue,
I think you had posted earlier that you thought stage 3. So far even with the vascular, was it focal invasion, shouldn't change staging. What this says to me is that systemic chemo may be a wise choice. But stage 3 and Her+ would also call for chemo. So even though it's not the greatest news, it's only a lateral move in terms of outcome and treatment.
Within the week they should be confirming if the Sentinal node was truly negative. They do one test during surgery that's 95% + or - accurate and follow up with one that's 99%, but takes longer to get results.
In summary neg nodes are a big deal for quality of life anyways. Node pos means a 2nd surgery to remove arm nodes. That surgery has a host of side effects. So be happy. The invasion means it's likely that some tumor cells are circulating thru the body. That's what chemo and Herceptin kill. Most everyone past stage 0 has this issue.
Hope all the scans come out clean. BB
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