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My thinking is that she had DCIS with no invasive component and therefore feels she is free and clear. My oncologist only confirmed I actually had cancer when after the second surgery (mastectomy) the pathology showed there was an 8mm spot of invasive cancer. Until then it was defined as "pre cancer".
I agree that these women could be very helpful to the general population if they would disclose what type of cancer/treatments they had. They never seem to come out and say 'Her2' or 'hormone dependent' or 'inflammatory'. Most people, even a lot of doctors, don't seem to know there are different kinds of breast cancer.
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Dx Nov.04 - Stage 1, Grade 3, widespread high grade DCIS, Paget's disease of nipple, 8mm tumor invasive DC (ductal carcinoma), ER/PR-, HER2+++
Nov.04 - left mast., clear margins, 6 of 6 nodes clear
Feb.05 - began EC chemo, 4 rounds (every 3 weeks)
Aug.05 - began Herceptin every 3 weeks for 1 year
Aug.06 - ended treatment
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