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Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 12, 2023 | Replies (1190)Comment receiving replies
@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.....
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And no offense, but why ever shouldn’t they be cheerful and reassuring? Should they be gloomy and in utter despair as a general rule of practice?
The 2 pathologists who independently wrote my report (and of whom I have no knowledge as to their cheerfulness) BOTH classified my tumor as 1b. My surgical and medical team concurs. I had a negative lymph node biopsy and no lymph nodes removed. It was definitely 6 mm with clear margins. And that’s my story.
I’m here to share, not to be lectured to or scolded.
"No offense, but it seems a lot of oncologists are cheerful and reassuring….."
Lol, come meet mine... She looks at me like she is at my wake.
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Actually, according to my surgeon, nurse navigator, radiation oncologist and medical oncologist, and pathologist, Stage 1b does NOT need lymph node involvement to be classified as 1b. In my case, the size of the tumor (6 mm) was enough for it to be considered 1b rather than 1a.