Did Time magazine get it wrong??

RhondaH · 10-09-2007, 02:57 AM

I READ it too AND said the same thing. I used to be a proofreader so I know that THEY are not at error as they don't look for context.

Rhonda

MJo · 10-09-2007, 06:40 AM

I agree that this is a serious mistake because it's so easy to confuse information. For example, a few weeks ago, I was talking to a Her2 pos. friend of mine who went through treatment with me, and I realized that she had confused Her2 with being Estrogen Positive. She actually said "when you're her2 positive your tumor is sensitive to estrogen." Maybe she's confused because the oncologist told her that although she's finished with Herceptin, she is still in treatment because she is taking Arimidex. Perhaps she thinks the Arimidex is treating Her2. I tried to gently give her some information but she got agitated and I backed off.