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momcat · 12-31-2009, 04:26 PM

Thanks for your reply Becky. any involvement of the chest was always negative. Path report says fascia uninvolved. Lymph nodes...good question. Although all 26 were negative for viable cancer, 2 were found with fibrosis and 1 with focal calcifications (1.2 cm.) All but 1were very small, the largest being 2.9 cm. I did have a lymph node biopsy prior to chemo. The Radiologist had difficulty finding a node to biopsy, finally chose the largest one, which did prove malignant. The surgeon did say there was a formula to "guestimate" the number of involved nodes prior to chemo, but I have not gotten an answer back yet.

12-31-2009, 04:26 PM	#3
momcat Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 7	Re: radiation advise Thanks for your reply Becky. any involvement of the chest was always negative. Path report says fascia uninvolved. Lymph nodes...good question. Although all 26 were negative for viable cancer, 2 were found with fibrosis and 1 with focal calcifications (1.2 cm.) All but 1were very small, the largest being 2.9 cm. I did have a lymph node biopsy prior to chemo. The Radiologist had difficulty finding a node to biopsy, finally chose the largest one, which did prove malignant. The surgeon did say there was a formula to "guestimate" the number of involved nodes prior to chemo, but I have not gotten an answer back yet.