Re: To treat or not to treat VERY early stage HER2 IDC
You had a very small tumor, therefore a very small specimen. Can they send what is left to a large, teaching Cancer Center - Sloane Kettering, UCLA, Fox Chase, MD Anderson, Univ of Indiana, Dana Farber
Those guys do these "mundane" tests day in and day out. They look at countless slides and specimens daily and have much less chance of mistakes.
I had a much, much larger tumor than you but I got my surgery locally but the NEXT day arranged for slides to also be sent to Sloane Kettering for a second opinion pathology even though I didn't even have the first pathology report yet.
This is just a consideration.
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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