Dear Adriana,
This too is my second bout of BC, first in 1995, only had lympectamy and radiation. Second episode was April 2006, I had a biopsy that surprised everyone as it was malignant, surgeon did not expect this. He did wider margins and also had sentinel node before surgery. One node malignant, did not have mastectomy but am presently getting Herceptin and Aridia. Aridia is every 6 weeks, other every 3 weeks. So far so good, I see surgeon again in June, he may decide at that time on radiaiton but don't know at this point. Hope this finds you progressing well, keep me informed of how you are doing. As far as getting herceptin for a long period of time, don't know, that will be the onc decision.
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