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Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 12, 2023 | Replies (1190)Comment receiving replies
My response is simple… you don’t need to know what you don’t need to know. Personally, three weeks out from a lumpectomy, margins clear, staged 1bNX, I’m looking forward to my radiation “rehearsal” and then (I hope) an accelerated partial breast course of treatment. My surgical teams calls my pathology report “fantastic,” and for now, that’s all I need to know.
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@slfisher1976 I didn't remember what that classification meant.
In stage 1A breast cancer, the tumor measures up to 2 centimeters, but there’s no lymph node involvement. With stage 1B breast cancer, the tumor is less than 2 centimeters, but there are small clusters of cancer cells in nearby lymph nodes.
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Stage 1B: Cancer between 0.2 mm and 2 mm is found in the lymph nodes (the breast tumor can’t be detected or is smaller than 20 mm).
The NX means the lymph nodes cannot be evaluated.
Not sure what it means if the nodes cannot be evaluated but you are 1b!
No offense, but it seems a lot of oncologists are cheerful and reassuring.....