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Basically, at least initially, your Her 2 status does not change. The results of the test may change. Sometimes if your Her 2 is +1 or +2, then a Fish test is ordered and that might influence the interpretation of the results.
However, +3 is +3 and is clearly overexpressed. I agree with the guest and Tara who said you absolutely need to know your pathology in order for your oncologist to accurately determine if Herceptin and/or a hormonal is in your treatment plan future.
You could also call the pathology department and ask why the results changed. For example, my tumor was Her 2 +3 but I also had an independent DCIS. They tested it for ER/PR (of which its status was totally different than the tumor) but did not have enough sample to test if it was also Her 2. In my case, it did not matter as the tumor clearly was (and the tumor was also ER + but PR -) so a hormonal was in my future regardless.
However, if my tumor was negative for hormones all around and the DCIS was not tested for ER/PR status, I would never get a hormonal when I clearly get hormone positive cancers as well.
Find out. It's your right.
Best regards
Becky
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