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Calcifications found on routine mammogram, no paplable mass. Ultrasound done to confirm. Fine needle aspiration under ultrasound for biopsy.
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IDC Stage IIIA
Diagnosed Nov 2006 (routine mammogram), age 51
Lumpectomy, lymph node dissection Dec 2006
3 cm tumor, 8 cancerous lymph nodes
Grade 3, ER/PR -, HER-2/neu +++ (by FISH, average 20 copies per cell)
A/C x 4, Taxol x 12, Herceptin x 47 weeks
35 radiation treatments
Completed treatment on April 3, 2008
Chest port removed October 2009
11 years since diagnosis NED
Last edited by Hazel Joyce; 12-11-2008 at 02:52 PM..
Reason: to correct terminology
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