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No sentinel lymph node removal with early-stage breast cancer?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jan 2 10:34am | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for such an informative response. And extremely happy you are doing. This is a long tough journey.
I was treated at MSK. They adopted a new policy of not removing sentinel nodes in patients who particular tumor characteristics.
Stage 1 - vGrade 1 - 14mm - ER PR +
Her2-. And clinically negative on US.
So no sentinel nodes removed.
Had my lumpectomy and achieved clear margins were achieved. Onco score was 4.
So I was also given a choice not to radiate or to radiate.
So I did not. I am 68.
Is any of this similar to your situation.
Not certain if I have made all the right choices.
What follow up does Mayo offer.
Mammogram at 1 year or 6 months with US?
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That’s very interesting. I wonder if there is a paper published that says that no sentinel lymph node needs to be removed in stage 1. What was the size of the tumour on histopathology ?
I'm 76,with 2 lumps pos. and 6 nodes ( 2 pos.)removed. They suggested radiation,but I chose not. Did not want to risk side effects and did not feel it would boost my odds of staying clear of reoccurrence. Time will tell. Good Luck
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