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What it means is that in the tissue surrounding the tumor where the lymphatic vessels are - they looked at these vessels and may have seen a cancer cell or two within those vessels.
You can get the word probable explained better. Ask your onco to talk to the pathologist who can always go back and look at your slides.
Secondly, you had no nodes involved. I did and mine said "extensive" involvement (well, duh - it went from the vessels to the node). You had/having chemo, herceptin and radiation. This is everything that's done to us who had extensive involvement and nodes. You should be fine and are in great shape (in regard to having no nodes involved either). And I know people with extensive nodes involved who have never had a recurrence.
I always try to remind myself that you hear about the worst of cases and the women who die. You never here about the ones that everything is okay and live because its boring and not gossip fodder.
Warmest regards
Becky
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