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for caya
Caya, the bad news with ER/PR+ has nothing to do with the HER2 neu elevation.
The "bad news" with ER-PR is that those hormones can influence the growth of the tumors and therefore will need to surpress the hormone levels which means taking AI meds which may have side effects to deal with as well as the physiological changes that occur with the surpression of estrogen.
maryanne
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*** MARYANNE *** aka HARRIECANARIE
1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen
2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy
2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
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