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AlaskaAngel · 08-14-2006, 02:18 PM

Admittedly it is too easy as a patient to be optimistic about how well this could work... but given that caveat... just think how many screening MRIs and CTs and PETs could be held off until the cell count or symptoms indicate they should be done...

So Lani, would you think this test reasonable for Stage 1 HER2's who haven't had Herceptin and who are so far as they know, NED?

(Especially if the sample can be sent in from places like where I live...)

Wishful thinking or thinking positive,

A.A.

08-14-2006, 02:18 PM	#12
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	And then there is another potential benefit Admittedly it is too easy as a patient to be optimistic about how well this could work... but given that caveat... just think how many screening MRIs and CTs and PETs could be held off until the cell count or symptoms indicate they should be done... So Lani, would you think this test reasonable for Stage 1 HER2's who haven't had Herceptin and who are so far as they know, NED? (Especially if the sample can be sent in from places like where I live...) Wishful thinking or thinking positive, A.A.