Testicular cancer may be very treatable, but, yes, it had spread to Lance Armstrong's brain when he was diagnosed. I guess that makes him Stage IV. I read that the cells were on the surface of his brain. THey hadn't grown "vertically". Which apparently made it easier to treat the brain mets.
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MJO
IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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