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Re: for those newly diagnosed--STANDARD of care about to change-old dogma being disca
FWIW, my wife only had 4 lymph nodes removed when the SNB came back positive on the first one, the other three were clear. I didn't, but should have, asked the surgeon why she only took out 4 when I've seen other women who've had many more taken out, from what I had read it was solely a matter of preference.
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on behalf of my wife. DOB: 11/1960
Diagnosed IDC on 7/27/10 in right breast (plus 3 areas of DCIS)
ER-/PR-/HER2+++
1.6 CM tumor size, 1/4 nodes positive
CAT/MRI/Bone all negative for mets (august 2010)
Unilateral mastectomy/immediate DIEP reconstruction on 10/15/10
Started 6 rounds of TCH on 12/9/10, continuing with herceptin for a year
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