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Stage II A breast cancer.
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with microinvasion in left breast. Tumor is <1 mm and 2 sentinel lymph nodes show micrometastatic disease (<2 mm). Tumor is estrogen positive and HER2/neu negative. Treatment Plan
Lumpectomy
Chemotheraphy (six cyles of TAC every three weeks) Radiation (six weeks daily) Hormone therapy (five years of tamoxifen) Milestones
12/12/02
First biopsy of left breast 12/16/02 1/17/03 2/14/03 - 5/50/03 7/2/03 1/5/04 1/15/04 Scheduled Monitoring
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Total entries in this category: Published On: Jun 08, 2004 05:26 PM |
ALWAYS Get Second OpinionThis is why you ALWAYS get second opinions and
why you worry about pathology mixing up tissue samples.
"Biopsy
Mix-Up
Mistake Costs Woman Both Breasts Jan. 20 — After she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in May 2002, Linda McDougal underwent a mastectomy, but two days later she received startling news: It was all a mix-up, and she never had cancer." http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/GoodMorningAmerica/GMA020120Unneeded_mastectomy.html http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/01/20/medical.mistake/ http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/01/20/cnna.mastectomy.mistake/ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/21/health/main537285.shtml http://www.atlanet.org/ConsumerMediaResources/Tier3/press_room/president/meamedmalstmt-surgery.aspx Posted: Tue - February 18, 2003 at 11:56 PM |