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Hi Staci,
I was diagnosed in 1997 at age 42. I had a 4cm tumor with 5 out of 36 pos. nodes. I was less than 10% pos for estrogen and pr neg. No mention was made at that time of Her2 status. (turns out I am Her2 pos, still don't know how much, doc just said strongly positive). I had 3 cycles of A/C followed by high dose chemo and stem cell rescue. Then I completed 6 weeks of Rads. In Sept. 2001 I found out it had spread to my liver. I don't know if the results would have been the same if I had just done standard treatment, I guess know one will ever really know. I have always wanted to be agressive with this disease so in my mind I have to think I did the right thing. I'm not going to lie, the stem cell transplant was not easy. However, I was in good health and I came out on the other side and eventually was as strong as ever! I don't know how the procedure is done today, in fact I didn't even think they were still doing it for BC. In any case, I'm always happy to answer any questions you might have. Kim
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