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cp418
cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
edited June 2016 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

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Treatment of Regional Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer—Evidence in Favor of Radiation Therapy

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  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited June 2016

    Treatment of Regional Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer—Not Recommended for All Patients with 1 to 3 Positive Auxiliary Nodes

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    (just to add to any confusion)

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  • hyphencollins
    hyphencollins Member Posts: 109
    edited June 2016

    Interesting, thank you for posting... but not sure what to make of the conflicting analyses! Wow. I had radiation with 1 node positive, but positive margins were also a factor.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2016

    I wonder how that transfers to people who had neoadjuvant and had an unclear number of nodes before and <4 after. I'm still really glad I had it though even though I do have mild LE ended up with mets anyway. At least I don't have to wonder if I wasn't aggressive enough. Plus the PET indicated I had >5 positive before.

    I do feel a little bad that I encouraged my friend to have rads with one potential node before and none after. Now she has issues with her recon...

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