[Brenda_D]

I have to agree with Christine. He may be looking at the Her2+ factor and going with old prognosis data.

When my Mom was ill last year, she was in the hospital several times, and her chart usually had a poor prognosis,
but she kept fighting and pulled through to the point that even her doctor was amazed more than once.
When we asked about the prognosis, the doctor explained that it is for a limited timeframe, like a snapshot, and subject to change at any point.
So poor one day, might change to good the next, with a new evaluation.

My tumor was 3.7 cm, and I had a positive IM node, and staged at IV due to possible bone mets, but my onc said we were going for the cure, and I just had really good scan results.