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MJo · 12-12-2010, 07:15 AM

This is revolutionary, isn't it. Giving medicine to cancer patients that makes the cancer disappear. It's like curing a bacterial infection with antibiotics

\I read the headlines and then read the article and thought "the breakthrough is only for us Her2s. It's not for women like Eliz Edwards, or inflammatory BC. It's just for us, the 20%. Way different from the past, when Her2 was such a bad diagnosis.

12-12-2010, 07:15 AM	#3
MJo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wilmington, Del. Posts: 1,126	Re: SABCS--gotta love that word CURE! This is revolutionary, isn't it. Giving medicine to cancer patients that makes the cancer disappear. It's like curing a bacterial infection with antibiotics \I read the headlines and then read the article and thought "the breakthrough is only for us Her2s. It's not for women like Eliz Edwards, or inflammatory BC. It's just for us, the 20%. Way different from the past, when Her2 was such a bad diagnosis. __________________ 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