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Re: HER2+ and BRCA mutations - 1 or 2?
Unless you absolutely need to go through your doctor because you are HMO, I highly recommend going straight to a certified genetic counsellor.
Just prior to being tested, I was not that motivated to be tested for the gene. I assumed I was being monitered as close as I could be due to my history (wrong!) and I did assume I probably did have the gene. But there is a difference being monitered as a BRCA carrier and one that is not. Also, it influenced the type of treatment I chose during this last episode of invasive DCIS knowing I was BRCA2+.
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*** 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
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