Sentinel node removal

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Carol0153
Carol0153 Member Posts: 2
edited September 2018 in Surgery - Before, During, and After

I’m having sentinel nodes removed tomorrow. I neglected to as my Oncology surgeon why she is doing this procedure when it could be done during the bilateral mastectomy. Anyone have any answers. I will ask tomorrow before surgery. Two surgeries just seems too much.

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  • Carol0153
    Carol0153 Member Posts: 2
    edited September 2018

    I asked today. It’s to help with nipple sparing during mastectomy. They will still test tissue under nipple during mastectomy, but this helps with diagnosis.

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  • Georgia1
    Georgia1 Member Posts: 1,321
    edited September 2018

    Good to know. Thank you and good luck!

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  • NotVeryBrave
    NotVeryBrave Member Posts: 1,287
    edited September 2018

    Yeah - I think it depends on where you are treated and your specific circumstances.

    There was some question about my lymph nodes when first diagnosed - looked suspicious on US but biopsy was negative (discordant). Since I was going to get chemo anyway (HER2+), my MO just had me start the chemo without the SNB. My BS (at a bigger institution) said that they would have wanted that info for better staging before chemo.

    Mine was done at the time of the BMX after chemo. And negative at that time.


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