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Chelee · 06-20-2007, 12:04 PM

I went to a 2nd opinion at the City of Hope and one question I had was about the Her2 serum test. The onc I had was very QUICK to reply on every question I had. She was FAST and seemed very knowledgable about everything I asked her. But when I asked about the her2 serum test it looked like I totally caught her off guard and she looked like she had no idea of what test this was? She just looked at me for a few seconds like she was thinking and said "We don't use that here".

Am I to assume most the cancer centers still don't use this test as of yet? Or maybe she just wasn't up on it?

Chelee

06-20-2007, 12:04 PM	#1
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Her2neu serum test? I went to a 2nd opinion at the City of Hope and one question I had was about the Her2 serum test. The onc I had was very QUICK to reply on every question I had. She was FAST and seemed very knowledgable about everything I asked her. But when I asked about the her2 serum test it looked like I totally caught her off guard and she looked like she had no idea of what test this was? She just looked at me for a few seconds like she was thinking and said "We don't use that here". *Am I to assume most the cancer centers still don't use this test as of yet? Or maybe she just wasn't up on it?* *Chelee* __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.