[jjames]

I was not tested for the KI 67. I think I am getting a clearer picture of the benefits - it seems to cut the recurrance rate in half? What I'm maybe not understanding are the long-term risks. I guess we can put up with anything if its temporary and think it will save our lives,thus a few months of chemo and a year of herceptin.
I'm wondering what the long-term side effects are of both chemo and herceptin - when in reality I may be over-treating myself.
I have read the studies on the benefits of treatment for early stage her2 cancers, but the medical reasons for not having treatment is "risk and toxcities" and im having a hard time finding more information on that part.

I am 46 and grade 3 so for those reasons one oncologies wants to give me adjunctive therapy for the 6mm tumor.

Scary thought going from a stage 1 to a stage IV and thinking of all those cells that potentially could have seperated. But dont the "clear margins" mean something in that regard?

Thanks for your support!