HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - can be node negative and still have spread of bc

caya · 04-14-2015, 09:55 AM

Hi Jean,

I personally do not take anything for granted, especially having my BC discovered by my plastic surgeon doing a breast reduction, three months after a "clean" mammogram and ultrasound.

Being Node Negative is not "a sure sign of safety", nothing is safe, IMHO, with this crappy sneaky HER2 BC. However, being node negative does offer a higher degree of a better prognosis according to many studies, as I recall.

all the best
caya

04-14-2015, 09:55 AM	#3
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Re: can be node negative and still have spread of bc Hi Jean, I personally do not take anything for granted, especially having my BC discovered by my plastic surgeon doing a breast reduction, three months after a "clean" mammogram and ultrasound. Being Node Negative is not "a sure sign of safety", nothing is safe, IMHO, with this crappy sneaky HER2 BC. However, being node negative does offer a higher degree of a better prognosis according to many studies, as I recall. all the best caya __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!!