Re: Stage I, how do is NED/progression normally monitored?
Thanks ya'll for all the answers. I was just curious. Being still a relative newbie to this cancer game I just thought there would be a whole lot more monitoring considering we are told that Her2+ is agressive and just wanted to bounce off everybody else to see what your experiences were with your doc (and I do like my doc a lot, just feel better sometimes to get outside confirmation where I can clarify things with her). Yes, I've learned that as well that self-exams are probably the most important defense we as woman have against breast cancer and that you cannot rely on yearly mamograms alone. I try to make that a teaching point to everybody I talk to about cancer. Again, thanks! Ya'll are the greatest and I'm glad I can be part of this group.
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4/09 suspicious lump in left breast
5/09 biopsi lead to diagnosis ER/PR -
Her2+.Grade 3,full masectomy left breast,sentinel nodes clear,Stage 1
6/09 Adriamycin + Cytoxan 4 treatments (every 3 weeks) followed by Taxol + Herceptin, 1 treatment weekly for 12 weeks, followed by Herceptin for 40 weeks
MRI Brain 4/10 clear
CT Body 4/10 clear
PET Body 2/11 clear
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