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Tricia,
I had 26 nodes removed and 14 were cancerous. My initial tumor was 2.5cm with a 3cm invasiveness for a total of 5.5cm. I just finished my Herceptin (3 treatments short of a year). Before my surgery we knew that my lymph nodes were involved - just didn't know how extensively. My oncologist told me Friday that with my bilateral mastectomy, chemo (neo-adjunct), radiation and Herceptin that my chances of developing mets were 20%. I think that's pretty good odds. I had Herceptin while I was getting radiation and my radiation was to the chest and entire lymph node area (axillary, chest and collar bone).
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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