Cancer location and the likelihood of lymph node involvement?

jjAriz
jjAriz Member Posts: 28
edited September 2017 in Waiting for Test Results

Is there any correlation between where the breast cancer is located in the breast and the likelihood in lymph nodes? Or is it unrelated?

Blessings,

Jamie

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  • ElaineTherese
    ElaineTherese Member Posts: 3,328
    edited July 2017

    jjAriz,

    Cancer doesn't necessarily spread like a stain on a shirt. It can be spread through the bloodstream or lymph system. So, no, I wouldn't say those things are necessarily correlated.

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  • Emily2008
    Emily2008 Member Posts: 605
    edited July 2017

    There are lymph nodes all around the breast, so not really a correlation. A tumor could be anywhere in the breast and spread (or not spread) into the surrounding nodes. It has more to do with the cell proliferation and aggressiveness of the cancer, as well as the size. Not the location.



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  • jjAriz
    jjAriz Member Posts: 28
    edited September 2017

    thanks so much for the info!!

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  • letsgogolf
    letsgogolf Member Posts: 263
    edited September 2017

    I have read several studies indicating that the quadrant is a factor in spread to lymph nodes. Outer quadrant tumors spread to the axilliary nodes and rarely the intramammary nodes. Inner quadrant tumors can sometimes spread to the intramammary nodes instead. These nodes are not usually sampled during surgery.

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