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Hi Chris and Pam,
I've done quite a lot of digging on this subject, and I have never seen anything that correlates the strength of one's Her2+ score to one's response to Herceptin. In other words, if you're positive, whether you're IHC 3+ and FISH neg. (like me), you have the same chance of responding to Herceptin as someone who is IHC 2+ and FISH positive. I know that pathology reports usually report a score with one's FISH result, but I've never seen anything that relates that score to Herceptin response. (If that were true, I would never have received Herceptin being FISH neg...)
Jen
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dx 4/05 @ 34 y.o.
Stage IIIC, ER+ (90%)/PR+ (95%)/HER2+ (IHC 3+)
lumpectomy-- 2.5 cm 15+/37 nodes
(IVF in between surgery and chemo)
tx dd A/C, followed by dd Taxol & Herceptin
30 rads (or was it 35?)
Finished Herceptin on 7/24/06
Tamox
livingcured.blogspot.com
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