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Hi H,
First I would worry about getting thru the chemo. At 68, it's likely to be harder.
You can try the search above to look for prognosis studies.
I know there was one set of of studies posted with curves, but it is several years old, before wide Herceptin use. I think StephN might have posted it.
There will be a flurry of new studies published in Dec and posted here. It may not be exactly what you're looking for but stay tuned.
I know we all look at the studies and try to divine our outcomes, but I don't know how useful that is. The charts are averages and don't account for outliers.
As far as recurrence to the breast, it happens in HER2, but not at alarming rates. HER2 had higher than average rates of mets to distant organs, but I'm hoping this will go down with H use. With no nodes, I think you're getting ahead of yourself, but it's good to be prepared, as HER2 seems to be kind of flukey as to who progresses.
One day at a time. Best of luck to Mom. Bev
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