Lumpectomy without clear margins

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valiossifova
valiossifova Member Posts: 14
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

Hi, everyone! I'm glad I can share this with you...

Have you heard of someone who went in for lumpectomy and the margins did not came back clear. My friend has a stage I, 0 lymph nodes involved, but the margins did not come back clear even after the second surgery. Now her surgeon is scheduling her for a third operation which would be a mastectomy with reconstruction. She is stage I, ER-, PR-, HER-. Also, chemotherapy is to follow. Has this happened to anyone?

Thanks in advance, and I wish all of you a healthy summer.

Valentina

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  • Kate0574
    Kate0574 Member Posts: 120
    edited July 2010

    Hi Valentina,

    sorry you have to be posting here for your friend but you have come to the right place... I personally did not have a lumpectomy, I had a mastectomy for this reason.  I know that lumpectomys are sucessfull but not always.  I would recomend a second opinion and possible mastectomy for a sound peisce of mind.. gl to your friend and huggs to all!!

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited July 2010

    Sometimes they can't get a clear margin. If you are 'triple negative', I think chemo is usually recommended even at stage I, because that is really the only thing they can offer to guard against reoccurrence, as anti-hormonal won't be an option. Best of luck to her and you too. Ruth

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  • debi2009
    debi2009 Member Posts: 19
    edited January 2011

    i had a r mastectomy  no clear margins but nodes were clear

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