Thursday, 19 November 2020

Breast Cancer on Left: Procedures and Treatments

About the Tumor

Tumor size 1.0-1.4cm.

Strong ER+ and PR+. HER2-.

Not consider recurrence, as this is on opposite side and it is 10 years later.


Procedures

- Admit hospital for CT scan on Monday and lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel node biopsy.

- Operations on Tuesday: left breast Wide Local Exam, Sentinel Node Biopsy + Axillary clearance, and Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) on Tuesday.


Treatments

- Radiotherapy will be done during operation.

- Most likely Tamoxifen is not avoidable.

- Wait for lab test on lymph node to decide if chemotherapy is needed.






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