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Lin · 12-30-2007, 08:15 PM

First let me thank ya'll for your prompt replies. I'll try to answer some of your questions. Annette is 67 years old, her Mother had breast cancer in her 30's and had a radical mastectomy, her mother's sister had breast cancer when she was mid 50's and died of it so there is a family history.

Prior to her surgery they did another mammogram on her and during the mammogram they inserted a wire around the suspicious area so that the surgeon would know what area to remove because you cannot "see or feel" micro calcification's. That tissue sample was 5.1 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm.

The path report isn't clear (to me anyway) if the stainings were done on the IDC or DCIS. The FOCI range was from 0.3 cm to 0.7 cm in greatest dimension. There is nothing that refers to KI67. At the bottom of the
report it states "These immunohistochemical stains were performed on formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue. ER antibody clone is CF11, PR antibody clone is 1E2, and HER-2/neu antibody clone is 4B5. All procedures us an I-View DAB Detection system". I haven't a clue as to what that means.

I hope I've answered most of your questions and again Annette & I are most grateful for your responses.

God Bless and we're praying hard for a cure!
Lin (Pensacola, FL)

12-30-2007, 08:15 PM	#5
Lin Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11	Replying to AlaskaAngel & Lani First let me thank ya'll for your prompt replies. I'll try to answer some of your questions. Annette is 67 years old, her Mother had breast cancer in her 30's and had a radical mastectomy, her mother's sister had breast cancer when she was mid 50's and died of it so there is a family history. Prior to her surgery they did another mammogram on her and during the mammogram they inserted a wire around the suspicious area so that the surgeon would know what area to remove because you cannot "see or feel" micro calcification's. That tissue sample was 5.1 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm. The path report isn't clear (to me anyway) if the stainings were done on the IDC or DCIS. The FOCI range was from 0.3 cm to 0.7 cm in greatest dimension. There is nothing that refers to KI67. At the bottom of the report it states "These immunohistochemical stains were performed on formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue. ER antibody clone is CF11, PR antibody clone is 1E2, and HER-2/neu antibody clone is 4B5. All procedures us an I-View DAB Detection system". I haven't a clue as to what that means. I hope I've answered most of your questions and again Annette & I are most grateful for your responses. God Bless and we're praying hard for a cure! Lin (Pensacola, FL)