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Tumor retest
Hi everyone,
I live in Canada and am going to have my tumor retested in the States so that I can more accurately determine my ER status. In Canada (BC) the tumor was rated ER+1 as they don't go by percentages. If I am going to take an AI, which made me very nauseated, I want to know what % I am.
I also have a few other questions for those of you living in the States.
The tumor was tested for:
FISH
IHC
Grade
ER/PR status
HER2 status
But, I notice that in some of your signatures, you list many tests I have not heard of. I had the TOPO2 test done, but what other tests should I ask for? Oncotype?
What other tests should I ask for when it is sent to a reference lab, as they call them here?
Does the TOP02 test indicate what type of chemo is best? What test would indicate that?
Thank you, ladies
Dianne
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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