Hi Nolton9, I hope you are doing well. You have posted a topic of interest to me. I am surprised to see you mention the possibility that some hospitals may not be testing all margins post mastectomy. I had never heard that and assumed all were doing this. In my case all my margins were checked post mastectomy and just as well as nearly all mine were found to be positive i.e that is not clear. My staging was early stage with no nodal involvement so the positive margins was a great surprise. No further surgery was possible as the surgeon removed all tissue possible. I was advised the positive margins were due to me being small breasted. I had chemotherapy and radiotherapy post mastectomy and 6 years later am doing fine (everything crossed, touch wood e.t.c !!) with no evidence of disease found on MRI checks. Have never met anyone else who had positive margins post mastectomy with early stage and very little research on as less than 5% chance of so would be very interested in anyone else who had same diagnosis! My first time posting after many years reading here & seeing everyone's great support for each other. Have had advice from the helpline nurses who are excellent too. Best wishes to all Avalanche
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