My pathology shows lymph is clear but the cancer cells were on the move in the lymphatic vessels (I assume leading up to the sentinel node).
The surgeon said they got a clear surgical margin. However, I asked for a print out of the report and on reading it read that the margin agains the chest wall was only 3mm which seemed a fine line to me. So I read up and the first NHS guideline document I read said 5mm is the guideline.
I qualified for the gene test and now wait to see if I am high or low risk of recurrence, to inform treatment plan beyond the guaranteed requirement for Tamoxifen. Wherever I am on the scale I am concerned I could be one of the 15% of women for whom cells have travelled undetectably in the blood.
Any experience of a less than 5mm chest wall margin among forum users, and treatment advice as a result?
Your feedback would be much appreciated. If nothing else it will help equip me with questions I can ask the oncologist when I meet them on 22nd Nov (7 weeks after my op, which seems a long time to wait)