Anyone have radiation following mastectomy w/ no positive nodes?

beejack209

I'm just curious who all has had radiation following a mastectomy with no positive lymph nodes. I was told I had LVI present on my path results following surgery. My oncologist said the radiologist didn't think I needed radiation because the LVI "is gone". Apparently it was taken out during the surgery. This whole thing makes me nervous because if there is a chance that radiation would be beneficial, I want to give it all we've got.

Monl

I had radiation after mastectomy. I only had micromets in sentinel node but when the LVI was present I had to do radiation.

Beesy_The_Other_One

beejack,

I had radiation after mastectomy with no positive nodes, but my tumor had grown quite large right after diagnosis--which made me qualify for radiation. I totally understand the desire to throw everything at this thing the first time! Did you do chemo? Was the tumor aggressive? It would help to see your information (if you go to settings, you can make it so that others can more accurately answer this kind of question).

If your gut is telling you that you'd feel more comfortable doing radiation, I'd stick to your guns and ask and keep asking!

Beesy

pesky904

I had rads with no positive nodes, but my tumor was over 7cm at diagnosis.