[kat in the delta]

HKoral1:
Since your FISH was negative , you do not have the most aggressive kind of breast cancer , and of latest that "I've" heard, you do not need Herceptin. My Onc. and my sister's Onc. say that Herceptin just gives you a 10% more chance of the cancer not reoccuring only if you are HER2 positive, and it would not help you if your FISH was negative. The FISH is the best way of determining the status of HER2, by the way. Which is GOOD news for you, as yours is not as aggressive; so, you have even better odds of the cancer not coming back. My sister's FISH was negative, also, and she has been cancer free for 6 yrs!! Don't worry, you are O.K.-Get sleep, eat right and exercise----- kat in the delta