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| 4/10/2012 | Originally diagnosed with dcis, multi-centric but after surgery, pathology showed 2 positive sentinel nodes, one with .7cm and one .2cm. Small focus idc discovered mixed in with large area of dcis, idc .3cm, ER-/PR-,, HER2 3 +. Plan is for chemotherapy plus herceptin for 1 year, radiation after chemo. I have read that chemo plus herceptin not always recommended with small focus of idc. Is this possibly due to positive lymph node status? | ||
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| 4/11/2012 | the nodal status is driving this and needs to. also, having a tiny tumor manage to wiggle its way to lymph nodes means it is what is referred to as a "bad player". its prognostic features imply the same-- ER/PR neg and HER2 positive. darn it all. so being aggressive with chemo and herceptin makes perfect sense. be well dear. | ||
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