[1rarebird]

Yes, my doctor mentioned to me once about the possiblity of those truncated Her2 receptors being present. But he went on to say that Herceptin was really the only good choice I had, so truncated or not the Herceptin was applied. He's a pretty smart guy and I suspect if he felt the ECD test would have shed useful information on the efficacy of Herceptin in my case, he probably would have done it. Anyway, in this rare bird's case (I liked the pun Becky, btw) the 3 year cancerversary just passed and things are still looking good. So maybe those receptors I had were the good ones capable of easily catching Herceptin molecules....Thanks for all those links, Rich.--bird