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06-13-2007, 07:53 PM

Ladies, the hormone positive people do better in general due to tamoxifen/AI reducing their risk of recurrence by 40%. With chemo reducing 40%, the hormone therapy another 40%, the 15% added benefit of hercepting brings up the total benefit of tamoxifen+herceptin to about 55% -- essentially the same as the hormone negative ladies.
So, take a deep breath and relax!

06-13-2007, 07:53 PM	#8
dilly Guest Posts: n/a	Ladies, the hormone positive people do better in general due to tamoxifen/AI reducing their risk of recurrence by 40%. With chemo reducing 40%, the hormone therapy another 40%, the 15% added benefit of hercepting brings up the total benefit of tamoxifen+herceptin to about 55% -- essentially the same as the hormone negative ladies. So, take a deep breath and relax!