D-in-L,
My sister has been on and off chemo for several years for a very aggressive form of breast cancer. It first showed up in her neck and when the dr. went to remove the lymph nodes it was found to be extending down into the back of the chest wall. It had invaded her spine and was so far back that a normal mamogram would not have revealed it. The treatments have been effective in containing the cancer.
I hope that your mother-in-law has a good recovery and all cancer is eliminated.
Malka


SCC stage II Partial mandibulectomy w. neck dissection- July 2005. Renal cancer w. partial nephrectomy-Jan 2004. Breast cancer discovered in routine mammogram. Successful lumpectomy, sentinal nodes clear, RT only-2008 Reconstruction of mandible w fibula free flap-Jan 09. TORS removal of begnin pappiloma from esophagus-2010. Masectomy,rt breast 2013.
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