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Leslie,
Glad to hear you had a good visit with your new oncologist. I would ask for a PET/CT scan as it is a non-invasive test that can detect cancer throughout your body. Good that you are having a bone scan but that just checks your bones and nothing else. I would also bring up the subject of Herceptin with him on your next visit. I know I write my questions down on a piece of paper as I think of them so that when I see my onc I don't forget. When you think of a question just write it down and keep adding to the list until you have your appointment.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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