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What is doctor supposed to do when sentinel lymph node biopsy fails?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jun 9 1:32pm | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
@1cs,
Could you expand what you mean by sentinel lymph nodes biopsy fails? Did process fail to map where the sentinel nodes were? Are you saying it failed due to fact the nodes they took were negative? Or that they did not find the right nodes?
Did they do any node biopsy's prior to surgery?
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Node biopsy was done sometime during surgery.
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I received the biopsy shots at least an hour before surgery, probably longer, in a dimly lit hospital room.
I had stage 1 cancer in both breasts.
Left breast SLNB worked, and surgeon removed 2 good lymph nodes.
Right breast had tiny 4 cm stage 1 cancer and 7 good lymph nodes were removed. He said SLNB did not work. This was in a hospital setting.
He thought it was fine to remove 9 good lymph nodes. He had previously stated that he did not think that I had any bad lymph nodes, or he would not have recommended IORT to me. In all discussions only removing 1 lymph node on each breast was discussed.