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National Cancer Guidelines don't recommend chemotherapy for node negative tumors smaller than 1 cm. Since the practice until now has been to give herceptin together with or after chemotherapy, your doctor may be following this guideline. My oncologist was very open to giving me herceptin without chemotherapy, although he recommended both. My tumor was 5mm and I also was node negative. I've been on herceptin now for six months.
Be forceful with your doctor if you want herceptin. Forceful works most of the time.
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