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Becky · 01-13-2012, 09:19 AM

There is a place. Give me a day or two and I will come up with it. Sending frozen or fresh samples is possible to any major cancer center such as Sloan Kettering, etc. I did that with mine to get a second pathology opinion.

However, they just do the usual - ER, PR, Her2, grade, clean margins. I suspect you want more such as Her1 (aka EGFR) as well as if it is PTEN positive and TOP2A positive. Is that right? There is a lab that I looked into but don't have the name at my fingertips but I will get it unless Lani responds and knows.

01-13-2012, 09:19 AM	#2
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: Advice pls : Fresh tumor sample what to do with it? There is a place. Give me a day or two and I will come up with it. Sending frozen or fresh samples is possible to any major cancer center such as Sloan Kettering, etc. I did that with mine to get a second pathology opinion. However, they just do the usual - ER, PR, Her2, grade, clean margins. I suspect you want more such as Her1 (aka EGFR) as well as if it is PTEN positive and TOP2A positive. Is that right? There is a lab that I looked into but don't have the name at my fingertips but I will get it unless Lani responds and knows. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"