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Bev · 06-11-2006, 07:56 PM

Hi,

My onc said she felt it was an 11% chance of recurrence for early stage. She said this based on with surgery and radiation alone there's 30% recurrence. Chem knocks off another 10%, tamoxifen another 6 and herceptin another 5%. This is probably oversimplified, and may not account for HER2+ as I read recurrence for HER+ with surgery and radiation at 40%. In the end these are just numbers, and I hope they keep improving the meds. BB

06-11-2006, 07:56 PM	#5
Bev Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 1,055	Hi, My onc said she felt it was an 11% chance of recurrence for early stage. She said this based on with surgery and radiation alone there's 30% recurrence. Chem knocks off another 10%, tamoxifen another 6 and herceptin another 5%. This is probably oversimplified, and may not account for HER2+ as I read recurrence for HER+ with surgery and radiation at 40%. In the end these are just numbers, and I hope they keep improving the meds. BB