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My Oncotype came back high risk, and my tumor was only 1/2 centimeter. I chose to hit it hard. If I had to do it again, I would skip the AC and take Taxol/Carboplatin/Herceptin combo. It's up to you,but you have one chance at a cure and that' now. Hope in the future they will be able to test us and say for sure whether there are cancer cells somewhere in our body. Until then, I would be very cautious about Her2. My oncologist calls it an "evil" cancer. I guess he saw a lot of recurrence before Herceptin.
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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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