Looking for help confirming Stage IV??

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Hookmansion
Hookmansion Member Posts: 1
edited August 2020 in Stage IV/Metastatic Breast Cancer ONLY

I recently received my MRI results but do not receive my pets can for 2 more days. I was wondering if anyone could confirm if the cancer has spread to the internal mammary and the anterior mediastinal lymphnodes would this be considered distant and stage IV?

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  • moth
    moth Member Posts: 4,800
    edited August 2020

    I believe regional lymph nodes include axillary, internal mammary, supraclavicular and intramammary. Any of those would be stage 3 afaik.

    I'm not sure about the mediastinal. I hope someone who's more knowledgeable chimes in soon .

    I wanted to welcome you to our community. I hope you stick around - so many knowledgeable & supportive people here. Whichever way the staging goes, it's a scary and uncertain time for you. Hugs.

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  • illimae
    illimae Member Posts: 5,710
    edited August 2020

    I’m sorry I don’t know much about the medastinal lymph nodes but I can say that scans show lots of things, some benign, some suspicious but only a biopsy can confirm for sure. Also, we’d need to see the report or have the specific wording used, many of us lifers have gotten good at scan interpretation.

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited August 2020

    Great responses from a great community.

    We'd need to do some research, but this may help you better understand staging: Staging

    Please do keep us posted!

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