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many Member Posts: 254
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer

hello MY WIFE COMPLETED CHEMO ( FEC X 4 +TAXOTERE X 4) FOLLOWED BY RADIATIONS (IGRT) TO AUXILLA ,SUPERACLAVCULAR FOSSSA AND INTERNAL MAMMRYCHAIN ON 11TH FEB 2012( TOTAL 50GY) HAD A USG AND CHEST X RAY YESTERDAY ALL RESULTS CLEAR AND NORMAL THE X RAY JUST SHOWS A NOTE------ NOTE MINIMAL FIBROSIS IN MIDDLE RIGHT LOBE,INCREASED MARKINGS SEEN ON LEFT APEX LOBE OF LUNG SUGGESTING FIBROSIS REST OF THE LUNGS ARE CLEAR

MY DOCTOR SAID THAT FIBROSIS IS COMMON AND SEEN IN ALLMOST ALL WOMEN HAVING TAKEN RADIATIONS ON BREAST AREA

WHILE RADIATIONS WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE ,THERE IS FIBROSIS ON LEFT SIDE WHICH RO SAYS IS DUE TO SCATTERED RADIATIONS

PLZ LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS COMMON AND NOTHING TO BE WORRIIED ABOUT

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited June 2012

    Many, as far as I know, it is quite common and should resolve. My rad doc said that if it happened I would need to take some prednisone for a little while.



    Your wife had the exact same chemo I had, and she and I finished rads at the same time.

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  • many
    many Member Posts: 254
    edited June 2012

    Momine-she does not have any symptoms ,fibrosis just showed on a routine chest X-ray and I think those scars on lungs will show up life long on a X-ray

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited June 2012

    OK, the doc will know whether she needs meds or not in that case.



    It is, of course, a kind of damage, so it would be nicer not to have it, but as far as I know it is not a reason to worry.

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