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When I read Dr. Pegram's response, I took it to mean the number of copies of the HER-2/neu gene on each cell. My pathology report says that I had an average of 20 copies per cell. My ratio was 10.5 (FISH).
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IDC Stage IIIA
Diagnosed Nov 2006 (routine mammogram), age 51
Lumpectomy, lymph node dissection Dec 2006
3 cm tumor, 8 cancerous lymph nodes
Grade 3, ER/PR -, HER-2/neu +++ (by FISH, average 20 copies per cell)
A/C x 4, Taxol x 12, Herceptin x 47 weeks
35 radiation treatments
Completed treatment on April 3, 2008
Chest port removed October 2009
11 years since diagnosis NED
Last edited by Hazel Joyce; 02-17-2008 at 05:32 PM..
Reason: To put my tumor in the past tense!!!
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