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Old 02-10-2009, 02:34 PM   #2
mts
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I am barely ER positive and PR negative... and taking tamoxifen
Sometimes a low ER does not warrant tamoxifen. In my case even a little positivity was enough for my onc to put me on it. His comment was like being pregnant... either you are or your not.
A pathologist friend told me that some of the ER "degrades" between the time of the surgery to the time it sits under the microscope. If this is true, then I am higher than believed to be.

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Dx'd 8/04 at 41
Stage 1 for some onc's; Stage II for others (if you add up the sizes of all tumors).
Infiltrating DCIS
HER2+, ER+10% & PR-
.9cm tumor not visible on mammo, but palpable; visible on ultrasound
Lumpectomy/ clear margins, no nodes
Had Breast MRI after lumpectomy that revealed two more tumors in same quadrant(.4cm and 1.6cm) that were not visible on either mammo or ultrasound.
Re-excision
DD AC+T; Herceptin one year
Rads
NED/Taking Tamoxifen reluctantly
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