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I also am glad your doc is consulting with Hopkins. If they suggest aggressive treatment, I hope you will seriously consider. I had a .5 cm tumor with no lymph nodes. I took the oncotype and it predicted chance of recurrence at 22.5% over 10 years. That was too high a risk for me so I took the full treatment -- chemo, radiation, herceptin and arimidex, since I'm er/pr pos. Jean's tumor was smaller than mine - about your size - and the oncotyped her risk of recurrence as higher than mine. So Her2 is a tricky, nasty little risk factor. Be cautious.
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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