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Sorry to hear about your Mom - but you are at the right place for some "advice from experience."
I also had a "clean" mammogram 3 months before I found my lump, and did not have any calcifications to watch for.
Sounds like your Mom has a fast growing kind (like me), except I had several positive nodes even tho clean margins with lumpectomy.
Chances of recurrance or distant metastesis are higher with her cell biology, and the other ladies who posted are RIGHT about pushing for Herceptin.
My liver mets appeared only 6 months after the first round of agressive chemo with Adriamycin and Taxotere plus radiation. I could not get Herceptin at that time, but sure get it now!
I feel that this type of cancer diagnosis DOES warrent going the extra mile and getting chemo. They may put your Mom on a trial with a chemo PLUS Herceptin so THAT is what you want to get out of her doctor at the very least.
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