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"My question is do I not qualify because my cancer has not spread, all tests were clean or is it because with only one + I am considered negative?"
Donna,
You are probably correct. Currently Herceptin is only approved for Stage IV Metastatic breast cancer patients although considerable evidence was presented in Orlando last month of its benefits t prevent recurrence.
You may want to ask your onc, which test was given to determine HER2 status. If the FISH test was used, then the only results would be positive or negative. If the IHC test was used then the results would be Her2 minus or HER2 +, 2+ or 3+.
I suspect he used the FISH test.
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Regards
Joe
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