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duga35 · 01-20-2008, 02:40 PM

I was very relieved when my surgeon told me that chemo was not recommended as a treatment for me at this tiime, and that Tamoxifin was all that the breast cancer board recommended. I was also kind of surprised that Herceptin wasn't because I was strongly positive for HER-2.
I haven't even seen my oncologist yet, so I'm waiting to ask her all of those questions.

Thank you, everyone. I can honestly say that everyone here has been wonderful, especially with a man who really has no clue of what he is talking about but trying to learn!

Doug

01-20-2008, 02:40 PM	#8
duga35 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 154	I was very relieved when my surgeon told me that chemo was not recommended as a treatment for me at this tiime, and that Tamoxifin was all that the breast cancer board recommended. I was also kind of surprised that Herceptin wasn't because I was strongly positive for HER-2. I haven't even seen my oncologist yet, so I'm waiting to ask her all of those questions. Thank you, everyone. I can honestly say that everyone here has been wonderful, especially with a man who really has no clue of what he is talking about but trying to learn! Doug __________________ Diagnosis and Treatment: DX 12/07/07 Male Diagnosed with DCIS at age 39 Mastectomy on right breast Tumor Stage pt1b NO MO DCIS Tumor size 1.5 x 1.x .6cm Infiltration tumor size .25X.17 cm Bloom-Richardson Grade 3(score 8) Nuclear Grade 3 with comedo necrosis Estrogen+/Progestrone+/HER-2/Neu +++ FISH ratio 4.31 Lymph node removal scheduled 1/07/08 17 nodes tested and all negative 1/08/08 Started Tamoxifin 1/29/08 Oncotype DX score 52 (off the charts, according to my onc!!!) Starting TCH 3/14/08 BRCA I Positive BRCA II Negative Finished TC 6/27/08 continue Herceptin 8/1/08 Herceptin stopped due to low Muga score Mastectomy on left breast 11/10/08