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My surgeon recommended testing due to my age, and family history (2 Aunts). If you are positive, there is the ovarian cancer risk, but also the risk of another breast cancer. Our thoughts was with a positive result, I would have considered bilateral mast. instead of lumpectomy.
Susan
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dx IDC @ age 39 Feb '06
stage 2 er/pr-, her2+
neoadjuvant chemo 4 A/C completed April '06, 12 weekly taxol/herceptin completed 8/06, lumpectomy 8/15/06 NED!
33 rads completed 10/06
weekly herceptin thru May 2007 --Stopped herceptin 4/07 due to drop in LVEF. Started Herceptin again 5/07
Final Herceptin 6/12/07
Port Removed -8/13/07
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