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Penelope,
Could be that your tumor size was relatively small? My tumor size was 2.5cm with a 3.0cm invasiveness.
Breast cancer that is HER2 positive or amplied is more likely to recurr.
Other factors, rarely seen mentioned on this board, used in overall breast cancer prognosis are:
Ploidy/DNA index: diploid having a favorable prognosis, tetraploid an intermediate prognosis, and aneuploid an unfavorable prognosis.
S-phase: <7% favorable, 7-12% intermediate and >12% unfavorable
My Ploidy/DNA index is aneuploid and my s-phase is 24.2%.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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