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- August 26, 2016 at 10:43 am
HiIf your primary lesion is located on the left trunk and with a negative snlb on both sides, and your primary spreads to the right side lymph nodes is that considered a regional or local metastisis?
Thanks in advance.
Janis
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- August 26, 2016 at 12:33 pm
Local metastasis means local to the primary and so is spread on the skin within a couple of centimeters of the primary. Regional spread is to the lymph nodes where the SLNB drained. Distant metastases is spread outside the SLNB basins. If the SLNB indicated that it drained to both sides, and a metastasis happened in one of those same SLNB drainage basins, then that is regional but not distant spread. Stage III vs stage IV disease.
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- August 26, 2016 at 12:33 pm
Local metastasis means local to the primary and so is spread on the skin within a couple of centimeters of the primary. Regional spread is to the lymph nodes where the SLNB drained. Distant metastases is spread outside the SLNB basins. If the SLNB indicated that it drained to both sides, and a metastasis happened in one of those same SLNB drainage basins, then that is regional but not distant spread. Stage III vs stage IV disease.
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- August 26, 2016 at 12:33 pm
Local metastasis means local to the primary and so is spread on the skin within a couple of centimeters of the primary. Regional spread is to the lymph nodes where the SLNB drained. Distant metastases is spread outside the SLNB basins. If the SLNB indicated that it drained to both sides, and a metastasis happened in one of those same SLNB drainage basins, then that is regional but not distant spread. Stage III vs stage IV disease.
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- August 30, 2016 at 2:05 am
My husband diagnosed with Stage 3C 10/13/15 @ left chest. Four major surgeries, 2 minor surgeries to remove recurrence + a skin graft and it keeps recurring- 4 of 5 axilla lymph nodes & now a new pos lymph node leading to the 5th major surgery. It is never ending.
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- August 30, 2016 at 2:05 am
My husband diagnosed with Stage 3C 10/13/15 @ left chest. Four major surgeries, 2 minor surgeries to remove recurrence + a skin graft and it keeps recurring- 4 of 5 axilla lymph nodes & now a new pos lymph node leading to the 5th major surgery. It is never ending.
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- August 30, 2016 at 2:05 am
My husband diagnosed with Stage 3C 10/13/15 @ left chest. Four major surgeries, 2 minor surgeries to remove recurrence + a skin graft and it keeps recurring- 4 of 5 axilla lymph nodes & now a new pos lymph node leading to the 5th major surgery. It is never ending.
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