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08-04-2005, 01:02 PM

Hi Mickey,

Which part of your body is involved in their lymph nodes? Do you know if they can either remove or perform a biopsy for final confirmation on its tumor status?

Mine is up near my left collarbone, which is identified as "supraclavicular" nodes. I have been biopsied there once, and it revealed cancerous. I have been stable (so far - knock on wood) on hormonal therapy as well as Herceptin.

There is confusion on the node involvment (not under armpits): some people say it's still categorized in stage 3, since it's considered "regional" (or was it "local"?) recurrence, others declare as stage 4.

I am stage 4 anyway, since I recurred to a brain met (done on crainotomy, now clear so far).

08-04-2005, 01:02 PM	#3
jojo Guest Posts: n/a	Hi Mickey, Which part of your body is involved in their lymph nodes? Do you know if they can either remove or perform a biopsy for final confirmation on its tumor status? Mine is up near my left collarbone, which is identified as "supraclavicular" nodes. I have been biopsied there once, and it revealed cancerous. I have been stable (so far - knock on wood) on hormonal therapy as well as Herceptin. There is confusion on the node involvment (not under armpits): some people say it's still categorized in stage 3, since it's considered "regional" (or was it "local"?) recurrence, others declare as stage 4. I am stage 4 anyway, since I recurred to a brain met (done on crainotomy, now clear so far).