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09-12-2005, 04:11 PM

Thanks Maria,
Those oncologists are just so damn depressing once they find out you are estrogen neg. All three of my oncs said that I am estrogen negative even though the path report clearly states 5%. I am thinking of having it retested however the tumor is only 7mm and there for there is not enough left of it to retest both estrogen and her2. My her2 was done by IHC(?) and needs to be confirmed before I can have herceptin since I am grade 2. So long story short I am uncertain what to do. Whether I should fight for retesting of both or what. I think I am just in a muddle.

09-12-2005, 04:11 PM	#22
prayer Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks Maria, Those oncologists are just so damn depressing once they find out you are estrogen neg. All three of my oncs said that I am estrogen negative even though the path report clearly states 5%. I am thinking of having it retested however the tumor is only 7mm and there for there is not enough left of it to retest both estrogen and her2. My her2 was done by IHC(?) and needs to be confirmed before I can have herceptin since I am grade 2. So long story short I am uncertain what to do. Whether I should fight for retesting of both or what. I think I am just in a muddle.