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I am getting confused about this issue too. And have chemo brain on top of it! Anyway at my onc visit yesterday i tried to ask why I am not receiving the HER2Serum blood test that I have read about on this board, I was told not everything does not apply to all patients.
Later I received my CA 27.28 Result which was 30. I know that is low and within "normal range" but it has gotten a tiny bit higher each time. The doctor tried to explain that it is a normal function of the body and that everyone has these markers floating around. I dont understand why, if there is no tumor, why is there a "tumor marker" to begin with? I am thought to be tumor free
I have been awake for awhile fretting and tryin to figure it ouy, My typing os sure suffring chemo brain and steriod effects this morningl Feeling scramblwd. Maybe not the best time to be lucid.....
but could use input....
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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