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Re: Tumour gone after neo-adjuvant chemo?
A pet scan is not 100 % definitive whether it is cancer or not. But it is a very sensitive exam because I have degenerative disk in t4 & 5 , and my scans say that it is degenerative in nature. Usually if it is suspected to be cancer, the report will say " suspicious for metastatic disease " or some similar language.
Did the area in the spine get better after treatment? If there was a change then that is another reason that would point to it being cancer, ie - it responded to treatment.
The good thing of them classifying her as stage 4 is that she can stay on herceptin indefinitely, and hopefully stay Ned.
Laurie
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diagnosed stage 2- 3/2005
4.5 cm & 2+ nodes , er/pr- & HER2+
4 AC
12 taxol/Herceptin
Year of Herceptin
liver mets- July-2010
7 taxotere/Herceptin
RFA- Feb.2011
NED
U of Wa vaccine trial-oct 2011-Feb 2012
Herceptin/tykerb
Ned - 2 1/2 years
Herceptin & perjeta
Ned 3 years
Herceptin- reducing treatments , due to s/e, to 5-6 a year
NED- 3 1/2 years
Ned - 4 years
2/15- stopped herceptin - on no treatment
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