Clinical relevance of HER-2 expression in node-neg

http://meeting.jco.org/cgi/content/a...2/14_suppl/598

Are the Koreans the only ones who have seriously investigated the relevance of HER2 in node-negatives?

thanks for the post

A.A.

Okay, make that "Are the Koreans and Chinese the only ones who are interested...?"

My guess at what is meant by "steroid positive" is they use that term for ER+ or PR+. So I read their report to mean that their study shows that for node negatives, being ER+ and HER2+++ has a worse prognosis -- so therefore more intensive therapy would be recommended for ER+ and HER2+++ node negatives.

That is just my interpretation.

A.A.

That's what I get out of it. Makes me very nervous about my mom going on hormones w/o chemo.

Hi Rich,
Read my new posting above on "Treatment with aromatase inhibitors" as I think it may apply to your mom.
Regards,
Al