What should I do if I have swollen lymph nodes during breast cancer reexamination?

What should I do if I have swollen lymph nodes during breast cancer reexamination?

1. One year after breast cancer surgery, if the lymph nodes are swollen, you should go to the hospital for examination to rule out metastasis and avoid tension and stress. For simple cervical lymph node enlargement, dynamic observation is recommended. If the swelling continues, metastasis should be considered, and puncture pathology is recommended for confirmation. After diagnosis, radiotherapy and chemotherapy should be performed. If the cancer cells spread, it will be very troublesome. In this case, it depends on the effect of chemotherapy, but it will cause great harm to the body.

2. In this case, there is a possibility of recurrence. It is recommended to do a cervical lymph node ultrasound, chest enhanced CT, and check tumor markers. If there is a recurrence, chemotherapy or other treatments can be considered. Breast cancer reexamination found enlarged lymph nodes.

Could breast pain be breast cancer?

If the pain is caused by local breast cancer infiltrating the chest wall, and there is no metastasis to the surrounding lymph nodes or distant organs, surgical treatment can be performed to relieve the pain. Local radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy can also be given first to shrink the local lesions of breast cancer, and then surgical treatment can be performed. These active anti-breast cancer treatments are the best way to relieve breast cancer pain.

Breast pain excludes benign diseases and is considered to be caused by breast cancer. A complete examination and assessment of the invasion of breast cancer should be carried out and timely treatment should be given. Breast pain cannot be diagnosed as breast cancer.