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Monday, April 12, 2010

Exact diganosis

The exact medical diagnosis that I am currently faced with is:

Invasive ductale Mamma-CA right
ypT1bm ypNo (0/2sn), L0 G3 R0 (triple negative extern)

You want to know what all that means?







I HAVE NO IDEA!

3 comments:

  1. Not that you asked me to - but because I can, I translated what parts of your diagnosis I know about:

    Invasive Ductale Mamma CA = mammary ductal carcinoma began in the ducts of the breast

    Right T1= early and potentially curable,
    Bm = no clue
    Yp = no clue
    No (0/2sn) = potentially the grading, 0-2 = early and potentially curable
    L0 = no idea
    G3 = nope, not this one either
    R0 = still nothing
    But this one, I DO know:
    Triple negative extern = no Estrogen, progesterone or HER2/neu receptors, which means you’ve got a better prognosis than most people!!! Yay!

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  2. Candace maybe you are interested in what I found out...
    T: tumor sixe...1 means above 1cm
    No (0/2sn): 0 of 2 removed lymph nodes had cancer cells
    G3: Tumor grading 1-5 so 3 is middle
    L0: tumor has NOT invaded surrounding blood vessels

    sooo...there are still some things unclear. Hahaha....you scientists have to make it sooo complicated!

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