HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - your perpectives on prognosis (or lack of)

03-25-2004, 05:59 AM

Merridith,

I was very interested to read your post, and particularly that your doctors put a decreased statistical survival rate of 15% (80% to 65%) on discovery of your her2 status. You sound like you were diagnosed at stage 1? I was diagnosed at stage 1 (grade 3) in May 2003 and was told the chance of recurrence was around 20% without chemo and 14% with chemo. On discovery of the her2 status the prognosis was not adjusted, but then I did not push for it at that time. Since then I have been trying to find stats for stage 1 Her 2 recurrence, but I have been unsuccessful. I wonder where your oncologist got his/her stats from? Would be very interested to hear.

03-25-2004, 05:59 AM	#9
Janet Guest Posts: n/a	Merridith, I was very interested to read your post, and particularly that your doctors put a decreased statistical survival rate of 15% (80% to 65%) on discovery of your her2 status. You sound like you were diagnosed at stage 1? I was diagnosed at stage 1 (grade 3) in May 2003 and was told the chance of recurrence was around 20% without chemo and 14% with chemo. On discovery of the her2 status the prognosis was not adjusted, but then I did not push for it at that time. Since then I have been trying to find stats for stage 1 Her 2 recurrence, but I have been unsuccessful. I wonder where your oncologist got his/her stats from? Would be very interested to hear.