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Re: The weakly er+ group
Hi Marcia,
Thanks for responding!
My doctor (I live in Canada) said that all of the AI and Tamoxifen trials included weakly ER+ and strong ER+ women so no way to tell how just the weakly ER+ women did. I suspect there are many of us out there, but perhaps not many on this forum.
If there are any studies being done on this group I'd like to know about it. If there aren't any studies I am curious to know why not? There must be a few hundred thousand of us out there.
Marcia, how are you feeling on the Tamoxifen? Are you still doing Herceptin? I had to quit the Tam because I felt ill - very fatigued and spacey. I was on it for a little over 2 weeks and quit. Ditto with Arimidex. I'm afraid there's nothing I can take!
Anyway, good to hear from you and you sound like you're doing well.
Dianne
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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