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  • Posted on: Nov 17, 2009 06:53 pm
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 820
mawhinney wrote:

If you have a bilateral mastectomy due to finding cancer in both breasts, does the surgeon generally do a sentinel node dissection on both sides?


Diagnosis: 5/18/2008, IDC, <1cm, Stage Ib, Grade 2, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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baywatcher
Key West, FL
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 438
Nov 18, 2009 01:52 pm baywatcher wrote:

Mine did.
TXBadboob
Beasley, TX
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 532
Nov 21, 2009 09:59 am TXBadboob wrote:

Yep!  It would almost be irresponsible for them not to.  This is part of how you are staged.

Deen

Deen BRCA2+, ILC left breast, IDC right breast, neo-adj chemo
Diagnosis: 8/4/2008, ILC, 2cm, Stage IIa, Grade 1, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-

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