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Just another suggestion...
Your doctor may or may not know the answer to this question.
It is important that he/or/she find out...Has the laboratory
properly validated the HER2 test it uses? The information about the
validation of the Her2 test can be found by contacting the head
of the laboratory (often the Pathologist).
If the laboratory does not have control/assurance procedures in place, the sample should be sent to a reference laboratory that does meet
quality control/assurance procedures.
Hope this helps.
Kind Regards,
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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