LaDonna28
09-19-2014, 06:58 PM
I just finished my 3rd TCHP therapy. 3 down, 3 to go. Currently because of dense breasts the MRI didn't really show anything, the Onc doesn't think a ultrasound is needed. The breast surgeon said it is 2 cm but thinks nodes are fine.
My question is, when they do my surgery, if the TCPH therapy kills all the cancer cells in the SN's, is there a way they would know that the SNs did have cancer present at one time?
I have not had a PET Scan, but because I had a biopsy in 2011 that showed negative (but I probably had it then per current Dr.) I am afraid that being Her2+++ AND grade 3 that it is a strong possibility that it is elsewhere already. I am trying not to think negatively, but more realistically with the aggressiveness of what I have been diagnosed with. If my nodes all show negative, insurance will not do a PET scan, but if there is prove they were, then they will do one.
Is there a blood test that would show that it has metastasized? Any help with they questions would be appreciated!
My question is, when they do my surgery, if the TCPH therapy kills all the cancer cells in the SN's, is there a way they would know that the SNs did have cancer present at one time?
I have not had a PET Scan, but because I had a biopsy in 2011 that showed negative (but I probably had it then per current Dr.) I am afraid that being Her2+++ AND grade 3 that it is a strong possibility that it is elsewhere already. I am trying not to think negatively, but more realistically with the aggressiveness of what I have been diagnosed with. If my nodes all show negative, insurance will not do a PET scan, but if there is prove they were, then they will do one.
Is there a blood test that would show that it has metastasized? Any help with they questions would be appreciated!