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Becky · 06-23-2008, 08:25 PM

This sounds like what had been lymphovascular invasion and it happened to occur within an area that became a fatty tumor.

If you had positive nodes then you had to have had lymphatic/vascular invasion (as the cancer had to get from the tumor to the node somehow). The only thing you have to ask your onc is - Is it a dead remnant? I would think it is after chemo (and rads I would suppose as fatty tumors are a common result of rads).

Is this the only area - did the fatty tumor form around the area and actually do you a great favor by confining this area?

I personally don't think you have anything to worry about here and that it is a fluke of a find and many of us lumpectomy gals have these dead things in us.

Keep us posted. I am curious as to what your onc will say. Call him tomorrow so you don't have to think about this any longer than that. Smile as much as you can because it does make you feel better.

06-23-2008, 08:25 PM	#4
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	This sounds like what had been lymphovascular invasion and it happened to occur within an area that became a fatty tumor. If you had positive nodes then you had to have had lymphatic/vascular invasion (as the cancer had to get from the tumor to the node somehow). The only thing you have to ask your onc is - Is it a dead remnant? I would think it is after chemo (and rads I would suppose as fatty tumors are a common result of rads). Is this the only area - did the fatty tumor form around the area and actually do you a great favor by confining this area? I personally don't think you have anything to worry about here and that it is a fluke of a find and many of us lumpectomy gals have these dead things in us. Keep us posted. I am curious as to what your onc will say. Call him tomorrow so you don't have to think about this any longer than that. Smile as much as you can because it does make you feel better. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"