|
ERPR Neg is worse than being ERPR positive with the Her2 factor. Positive cancers feed off estrogen which they can delete by using Tamoxifen and other newer drugs. The ERPR Neg ones seem to be faster growing and there are no drugs to treat that except the Herceptin for the Her2 positive factor. Many other things are looked at like the s phase etc to determine mitosis and how fast the cells are dividing and spreading. All these things can be found on your tumor markers pathology report. There is some research that the FISH test is the most accurate in determining HER2 status but many Dr's and hospitals dont perform this test due to expense and availability.
|