I want to know: Surgery to remove chest skin
I am going to have a surgery to remove a skin from my right chest where three skin tumors are located. After 6 rounds of TCH, the tumors are almost invisible. I'm happy about that. I've already had radiation. My doctors don't want to give me more radiation, so that surgery is must. Now the question is how extensive the surgery should be. My surgeon thinks that just removing the skin surounding each tumor is good enough. I asked the other surgeon the second opinion. He thinks that since many skin tumors are involved with lymph system, it's better to remove the large portion of skin covering the chest. This more extensive surgery requires skin graft (flap). Are there anyones who were in my kind of situation? What did you do? How was the surgery using flap? Did you recover from it very much? Please let me hear your experiences.
Kim
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Diag July 2008,
Aug 2008: Right Lumpectomy with Sentinel Lumph Node Biopsy, IDC Stage IIA, no lymps, 2.8cm, Grade 3, ER- PR- HER2- (CEP17, FISH1.7), Ki-67 60%,
Sep 2008-Feb 2009: AC(6)+T(6) dose den,
March-May2009: Rad 28+5,
Oct 2009: Reg Recu (a skin tumor right on scar line),
Nov 12, 2009: PET CT no mets found,
Nov 2009: Right Modi Radi Mastectomy, 0.7cm, Grade 3, 1/10 lymp posi, ER-, PR-, HER2+++, Ki-67 90%
Dec 2009: 3 skin tumors app on the right chest,
Jan 2010: Taxotele(6x) +Carboplatin(6x) +Herceptin(1yr) every 3 wks,
Ap 19, 2010: PET CT no mets found,
April 29, 2010: finished Chemo, continue Herceptin till Dec 2010,
May 6, 2010: MRI (brain) clear.
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