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How many women have to have 3 surgeries before the margins are clear?
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anonymous
Learning About Breast Cancer
I only had 1 surgery and would have had to have another had I not gone through radiation. I had a friend who had 2 surgeries. I would have gone through surgery as many times as necessary to get clear margins. It sounds like you are concerned so I would talk with my doctor about those concerns and...
3 comments 1I only had 1 surgery and would have had to have another had I not gone through radiation. I had a friend who had 2 surgeries. I would have gone through surgery as many times as necessary to get clear margins. It sounds like you are concerned so I would talk with my doctor about those concerns and maybe he/she can shed some light on why it took 3 times. God bless you and good luck to you.
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Does anyone know the institution's definition of a clear margin? (size)
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I am going in for my Oncoplasty surgery tomorrow. Please pray for me and wish me clear margins. This is my third surgery and my last try to keep my breast. If this doesn't work I will need a Mastectomy.
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anonymous
Learning About Breast Cancer
God bless and praying for you
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anonymous
Learning About Breast Cancer
We will be praying . Best wishes and good recovery . Remember you are strong you are loved and you can do it no matter what gets thrown your way.
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My sister had a double mastectomy. The margins came back close. What does this mean?
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My sister had a double mastectomy. The margins came back close. What does this mean?
Asked by anonymous
Learning About Breast Cancer-
anonymous
Stage 2A Patient
Different surgeons have a certain measurement they consider to be clean margins or not. When I had a lumpectomy, the margins were not clean, so I had to go back the following week for a re- excision to take out more tissue. The margins were still not clear. The next step was a mastectomy. As...
Comment 0Different surgeons have a certain measurement they consider to be clean margins or not. When I had a lumpectomy, the margins were not clean, so I had to go back the following week for a re- excision to take out more tissue. The margins were still not clear. The next step was a mastectomy. As it turned out, my medical oncologist wanted me to start receiving Herceptin and chemo ASAP, so the mastectomy was postponed. I never did have the mastectomy; I had radiation instead once chemo was finished. I'm still on Herceptin for a few more months. I believe they felt all this treatment would take care of any remaining cancer, which was DCIS.
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anonymous
Stage 2A Patient
That the cancer was close to end of breast taken off
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What might happen (or other options) if a third surgery to get clear margins does not work?
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anonymous
Stage 2A Patient
Have you had chemo?
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anonymous
Survivor since 2012
It took 3 re-resections to get clean margins after my mastectomy. Once we got clean margins I went forward with 8 weeks of radiation but no chemo.
If I understand the chain of messages correctly, you've had a bilateral mastectomy and a re-resection on the left side, and now they're...
Comment 0It took 3 re-resections to get clean margins after my mastectomy. Once we got clean margins I went forward with 8 weeks of radiation but no chemo.
If I understand the chain of messages correctly, you've had a bilateral mastectomy and a re-resection on the left side, and now they're contemplating a 2nd re-resection? If that's the case I would ask your doctor to confirm the stage of your cancer.
Had the doc recommended further treatment, i.e., radiation or chemo? Even if you get clean margins after a 2nd re-resection I'd have a serious discussion with your doc on this issue. There are a lot of loose ends and you want to be sure they're gathered up and tied in a bow. Good luck to you!
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