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Old 07-20-2007, 12:53 PM   #3
Hopeful
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Lani,

Thanks for putting the numbers in to understandable terms for us math phobes. Seems like even the best treatment can be a two-edged sword. To put another spin on it, looks like my chance of distant recurrence anywhere in the body (w/o Herceptin) is estimated by Oncotype dx at 1 in 3 or 1 in 4; but my chance of getting brainmets specifically with Herceptin is 1 in 161. Seems like a reasonable risk, all things considered.

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