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margiermc · 10-29-2009, 08:18 PM

my dcis was grade 3, er, pr neg. her2 never tested, asked onc. today, why this was never tested, he of course was not the surgeon - but, said, DCIS they do not test status of Her2. Calc. on mammo. He did say, that invasive her2 cells were missed,
and somewhere in the DCIS to leak out and go to bloodstream.
I can't change yesterday's problems, but, I can only take care of today - being proactive and informing others of my information that I find along the way - Dr. said today, I'm doing great, tumor markers are still normal - cea 0, c15 - 15, c27/29 - 14, all liver enzymes are 15, normal - so he said, today, enjoy life.
To answer question about where did I get surgery - Mease Clearwater - Cancer Center - I would have gone to a bigger center like Moffit, but biopsy and all opinions leaned to DCIS, never spreads - had lumpectomy, then liver met 3 wk later.
margie

10-29-2009, 08:18 PM	#6
margiermc Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 94	Re: Her2 Overexpression Predicts Invasive BC - Shands Hosp. FL my dcis was grade 3, er, pr neg. her2 never tested, asked onc. today, why this was never tested, he of course was not the surgeon - but, said, DCIS they do not test status of Her2. Calc. on mammo. He did say, that invasive her2 cells were missed, and somewhere in the DCIS to leak out and go to bloodstream. I can't change yesterday's problems, but, I can only take care of today - being proactive and informing others of my information that I find along the way - Dr. said today, I'm doing great, tumor markers are still normal - cea 0, c15 - 15, c27/29 - 14, all liver enzymes are 15, normal - so he said, today, enjoy life. To answer question about where did I get surgery - Mease Clearwater - Cancer Center - I would have gone to a bigger center like Moffit, but biopsy and all opinions leaned to DCIS, never spreads - had lumpectomy, then liver met 3 wk later. margie