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Old 12-14-2010, 10:50 AM   #1
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Increased Rate of HER2-Positive Breast Cancers among Women w/Germline TP53 Mutations

http://www.abstracts2view.com/sabcs1...u=SABCS10L_685

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Old 12-15-2010, 11:21 AM   #2
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Re: Increased Rate of HER2-Positive Breast Cancers among Women w/Germline TP53 Mutati

I havent heard of this before. Do all oncologists test for this or would I need to request it?
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Stopped taxtere/herceptin, now on tyverb/xeloda.
Lung mets shrinking.
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Old 12-15-2010, 12:11 PM   #3
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Re: Increased Rate of HER2-Positive Breast Cancers among Women w/Germline TP53 Mutati

I believe this isn't a test that is commercially available, rather it is one that lab researchers request when doing studies.

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