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harrie · 04-08-2007, 11:41 PM

Grace,
You are right, it was adjuvantonline.com. Dr. Pegram is the one who gave me the scores when I went in for the consult. He came back with two "Shared Decision Making" scores. Before he left my room, he said it was the adjuvantonline.com. One of them did not include the HER2 or the Oncotype score so my benefit from chemo was very insig. With the second paper, he said included the HER2 as well as the recurrence score of the Oncotype that I had taken previously. Those results showed a 4% benefit. That result showed the benefit went from 84% to 88% with chemo. With those results, he said in his opinion it is worth doing. ANd he agreed with my oncologist's recommendation of TCH, 4 treatments, but if I do ok, then go for the optimum of 6 txs.
I am currently finished with #4 and will be going for #5 in a couple of wks.
Maryanne

04-08-2007, 11:41 PM	#13
harrie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hilo, Hawaii Posts: 1,867	Dr. Pegram Grace, You are right, it was adjuvantonline.com. Dr. Pegram is the one who gave me the scores when I went in for the consult. He came back with two "Shared Decision Making" scores. Before he left my room, he said it was the adjuvantonline.com. One of them did not include the HER2 or the Oncotype score so my benefit from chemo was very insig. With the second paper, he said included the HER2 as well as the recurrence score of the Oncotype that I had taken previously. Those results showed a 4% benefit. That result showed the benefit went from 84% to 88% with chemo. With those results, he said in his opinion it is worth doing. ANd he agreed with my oncologist's recommendation of TCH, 4 treatments, but if I do ok, then go for the optimum of 6 txs. I am currently finished with #4 and will be going for #5 in a couple of wks. Maryanne __________________ * MARYANNE * aka HARRIECANARIE 1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads 1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen 2006: BRCA 2 positive Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm) Grade: intermediate sentinal node biopsy: neg HER2/neu amplified 4.7 ER+/PR+ TOPO II neg Oncotype dx 20 Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction oophorectomy 2007: 6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin) finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07 Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr Femara Last edited by harrie; 04-08-2007 at 11:42 PM.. Reason: spelling