Alred Score
Ahhh....yet another question! I am told that on the Alred Score (do they do these in the States? I had not heard of it and may be mispelling it) I am a 4, which means I would significantly benefit from hormone therapy. My new onc said that I don't have a lot of estrogen receptors - I am weakly positive - but those I do have lit up strongly. Is this weird or what?
This may help some of you out there who are in this minority group of weakly ER positive women, who are trying to decide if hormone therapy would benefit them or not.
Please let me know if you have heard of this Alred Score. I'm in Canada so maybe it's just done here.
Diannes
One year 'anniversary' today!!!! NED......
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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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