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harrie · 06-07-2012, 12:14 AM

Interesting article. My surgical oncologist, back in 2006, implied it may not necessarily be a bad idea to have the surgery, herceptin and AI and forgo the chemo. I did end up having the chemo also.
I wonder if it was ever considered to extract components of the tumor and see how it responds to the treatment as part of the evaluation for tx.
It's been so long since I ever visited the site, I had to "retrieve password". I was getting a little disgusted with all the scammers infiltrating.

06-07-2012, 12:14 AM	#9
harrie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hilo, Hawaii Posts: 1,867	Re: " Our data strongly suggest that selected pts with HER2+ tumors may not need chem Interesting article. My surgical oncologist, back in 2006, implied it may not necessarily be a bad idea to have the surgery, herceptin and AI and forgo the chemo. I did end up having the chemo also. I wonder if it was ever considered to extract components of the tumor and see how it responds to the treatment as part of the evaluation for tx. It's been so long since I ever visited the site, I had to "retrieve password". I was getting a little disgusted with all the scammers infiltrating. __________________ * MARYANNE * aka HARRIECANARIE 1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads 1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen 2006: BRCA 2 positive Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm) Grade: intermediate sentinal node biopsy: neg HER2/neu amplified 4.7 ER+/PR+ TOPO II neg Oncotype dx 20 Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction oophorectomy 2007: 6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin) finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07 Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr Femara