Lymphoma


                                       







An Armor of Hope
How to Diagnose and Treat Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
March 2018
https://journals.lww.com/plasreconsurg/Fulltext/2018/04000/How_to_Diagnose_and_Treat_Breast.40.aspx

 “As of February 2018, 518 unique cases of BIA-ALCL across 25 countries have been reported”

 “The World Health Organization currently classifies BIA-ALCL as a lymphoma at all stages.”

 “It is important to note that all of these designations and nomenclatures are still referring to a cancer. Patients with BIA-ALCL can have progression of their disease, lymph node involvement, and death as a result of disease, particularly with significant delay in diagnosis or sub-optimal treatment.”
“It remains unclear what effect inadvertent spillage of the seroma during capsulectomy has on local seeding of disease; however, clinically, this has not been observed to influence recurrence rates.”

 “To date, we have not confirmed a case of BIA-ALCL with spontaneous resolution of disease without any treatment intervention.”

 “Note that gradually lower concentrations of anaplastic cells have been observed after serial aspirations, making diagnosis more difficult after a previous seroma drainage. This may represent dilution of the tumor burden rather than regression, and should still be addressed with surgical resection.”

 PLEASE NOTE :

 My two cancers were NOT metastatic.  I wanted to post this purely for important information .  
I found both of my tumors so small that my surgeon could not believe it.  They were smaller than peas . Everyone has that ability.  We just need to quiet our body long enough to hear it .  Peace and Love .  Stephanie 💫




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