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I did not get the full report yet. The see the oncologist on Monday which is tomorrow. The surgeon did tell me that my specimen was 1 cm with clear margins and it should be two, but because it is all DCIS stage 0. He feels fine leaving me the way I am and not having me go through another surgery fir 1 cm. So that's all I know today. Tomorrow I will find out everything.
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@sue417 - I am pleased you have at least some of the information! Regarding the margins, can you clarify an important point? You said the surgeon stated your clear margins were 1 cm and should be 2 cm. Do you actually mean 1 mm? Take a look at below link;
"... additional surgery may not be justified for patients with negative margins < 2 mm who undergo RT but should be performed in patients who forego RT."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6051916/#:~:text=Recent%20national%20consensus%20guidelines%20recommend,managing%20negative%20margins%20%3C%202%20mm.
In other words, according to the above and other studies, if your margin is UNDER 2 mm (NOT 2 cm), you may need either re-excision OR Radiation Therapy.
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Also I did pass the information onto my oncology coordinator ordination regarding the DCISion rt test not sure if that's the right name