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Surgeon missed the margins. 2nd surgery

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 24 9:07am | Replies (51)
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@californiazebra

My breast cancer recurred in my chest wall and pectoral muscle 7 years after my double mastectomy. When the chest wall tumor was removed there was a positive margin. The surgeon didn’t want go back in and decided to let the radiation get it. I have no way of knowing if it did other than wait and see. What got me is to know we only needed to take 2 mm more for a clear margin. Why cut it so close especially if 20% end up with a positive margin?

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freebird67 | @freebird67 | Apr 2 12:49pm

Thank you for your response.
Exactly what I was thinking. I wouldn't have cared if they had taken more as long as it was out ! I have just started to really heal and now back to doing it again. An explanation before hand that this could happen would have been nice.
I know drs are busy but this sort of thing can be avoided.
Have a great day 🙂

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sirene | @sirene | Apr 6 5:09pm

I had to have a second surgery due to unclear margins but that came back clear, so that makes me wonder where it was. I didn't have radiation nor chemo. I was diagnosed stage 1A, no lymph nodes. What was your original diagnosis? And how did you find the recurrence?

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