<IDC, 1.5cm, Grade 3, ER+/PR+, HER2-, Scared Husband>

ScaredDH

Hello all!

My wife has been diagnosed with BC. Her initial biopsy is: Dx 3/31/2017, IDC, 1.5cm, Grade 3, ER+/PR+, HER2-. Her MRI did not find anything else. The comment section says:
- Invasive ductal adenocarcinoma, Nottingham grade 3 (3, 2, 3).
- Greatest linear extent of invasive carcinoma is at least 0.5 cm.
- Ductal carcinoma in situ, nuclear grade 3, cribriform architecture.

Her lumpectomy and SNB surgery is next week. For now, I am trying to learn as much as I can about the disease, treatment options, and possible outcome. After reading many posts on this board, I understand that the SNB result is critical in dertermining the next steps. My questions are:
- How long will we have to wait for the Path report? Can the surgeons tell us anything about margins and observation right after the surgery?
- How is a cancer stage determined? Based on SNB result?
- If SNB comes back negative, what would be the treatment options?
- If SNB comes back with half of the nodes taken being cancerous, what would be the treatment options?
- With her Dx, what are the chance of her SNB being cancerous?
- I saw many members bios whose diagnoses are very much identical to my wifes and did not have positive SNB or recurrences but their treatment include BM or BMX! Can someone explain please?
- Anything else that I should be prepared for?

Thank you very much for your answers and advices.
ScaredDH