Early Stage Breast Cancer and Herceptin????

[RalphIII]

Hello Jaykay.

After the biopsy showed my wife was (ER+/PR+/Her2+) I began researching/studying everything I could; especially in regards to Her2+. It was my initial conclusion also, that she would receive Herceptin no matter and possibly some Chemo.

However, if you read the Herceptin site they have some specific guidelines for treatment, which rules out some early stage patients, unless they have an additional "high risk" factor. Such as a "tumor >2cm, age<35, or tumor grade 2 or 3".

So it suggests some early stage patients would not be recommended for Herceptin? We don't know the grade of tumor as yet (will this afternoon) but I'm leaning toward encouraging my wife to undertake it no matter. That's why I would like some personal input or other insight.

Question: To clarify, when you say Her2+++, do you mean the tests showed Her2+ categorized a 3 (scale 0-3)?

take care,
Ralph