HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - Triple status, ok... but what about tumor grade?

09-11-2005, 03:10 AM

People tend to bring up in conversation about long-term survivors with their status (ER/PR/Her2) and the numbers of their disease-free years since original diagnoses. It is always inspiring to hear about the survivors.

But lemme tell ya what ALWAYS comes to my mind EVERY time I hear of a story: what about their tumor grade? Don't you notice that the popular trinity is always mentioned (ER/PR/Her2), but the tumor grade is RARELY mentioned??

As much as cancer can be so mystified, I am almost sure that long-term survivors mostly likely have slow-growing cancers (either affected by DNA make-up or medical treatment), in other words types of "grade 1" breast cancers. I believe there is a WORLD of difference between grade 1 & grade 3 tumors.

What do you think about the aspect of "tumor grade"??

09-11-2005, 03:10 AM	#1
jojo Guest Posts: n/a	People tend to bring up in conversation about long-term survivors with their status (ER/PR/Her2) and the numbers of their disease-free years since original diagnoses. It is always inspiring to hear about the survivors. But lemme tell ya what ALWAYS comes to my mind EVERY time I hear of a story: what about their tumor grade? Don't you notice that the popular trinity is always mentioned (ER/PR/Her2), but the tumor grade is RARELY mentioned?? As much as cancer can be so mystified, I am almost sure that long-term survivors mostly likely have slow-growing cancers (either affected by DNA make-up or medical treatment), in other words types of "grade 1" breast cancers. I believe there is a WORLD of difference between grade 1 & grade 3 tumors. What do you think about the aspect of "tumor grade"??