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MichelleMoon · 01-28-2007, 08:27 AM

Thanks for sharing, Al.

My HER2 status did a flip upon mets! My primary BC tumor did not overexpress HER2neu, but my lung mets were slightly HER2+ by FISH.

Just reemphasizes the fact that mets needs to be tested for ER/HER2.

01-28-2007, 08:27 AM	#5
MichelleMoon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 36	This happened to me! Thanks for sharing, Al. My HER2 status did a flip upon mets! My primary BC tumor did not overexpress HER2neu, but my lung mets were slightly HER2+ by FISH. Just reemphasizes the fact that mets needs to be tested for ER/HER2. __________________ Michelle Stage 2 '99, triple negative, 5 nodes involved mastectomy, AC + T, rads, '01 TRAM flap Stage 4 '06, lung mets, ER/PR-, HER2++ 07/06 - 11/06: Taxol + Herceptin to 'strong partial remission' 11/06: Herceptin every 3 weeks indefinitely 01/07: brain mets, finished WBR, NED in head! 04/07: Xeloda and Tykerb for lung met progression