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lizm100 · 12-16-2008, 02:55 PM

Hi all-
this is a very confusing and not a thorough study but the discussion is getting interesting. There deifinitely need to be more studies regarding chemo/Herceptin starting at stage T1mic which is what I was. According to my pathology report, I had DCIS with a "focus" of less then 1mm in its greatest dimension of a microninvasion. I was told by all of my doctors I am very uncommon since most of the time the earliest detected Her+++ breast cancer falls atleast into stage T1a or T1b. One of my oncologists was in disbelief and had my slide recut to be sure the staging was correct and it was. I've heard of trials with DCIS and stage T1b but nothing for Stage T1mic. Has anyone heard of Chemo/Herceptin trials including stage T1Mic?

12-16-2008, 02:55 PM	#21
lizm100 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 141	Hi all- this is a very confusing and not a thorough study but the discussion is getting interesting. There deifinitely need to be more studies regarding chemo/Herceptin starting at stage T1mic which is what I was. According to my pathology report, I had DCIS with a "focus" of less then 1mm in its greatest dimension of a microninvasion. I was told by all of my doctors I am very uncommon since most of the time the earliest detected Her+++ breast cancer falls atleast into stage T1a or T1b. One of my oncologists was in disbelief and had my slide recut to be sure the staging was correct and it was. I've heard of trials with DCIS and stage T1b but nothing for Stage T1mic. Has anyone heard of Chemo/Herceptin trials including stage T1Mic?