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Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 20 10:00am | Replies (345)
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@mchler73

I believe they are talking about having the sentinel node biopsy surgery. I had that done and they gave me 4 shots of blue dye in the nipple so they could detect my sentinel nodes. It definitely hurt! I thought they would have at least given some type of medication to relax me beforehand but they didn’t. It was not fun that is for sure!!

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chickenmom10 | @chickenmom10 | Oct 5, 2023

Okay. They check my lymphs while I was in surgery. My oncologist check 4 of them and only 2 had cancer. So while in surgery for my lump and lymph nodes to make sure she got clear margins. So why don’t they do in surgery. It would make more sense to me. I went to a teaching school. VCU Massey Cancer Center in Virginia. To me they are the best.

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