Posted on: Jun 10, 2012 06:15 PM
Annapolis, MD
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 295
Belinda977 wrote:
..you remember...when you are newly diagnosed you do WAY to much thinking. If there is a recurrence, is it usually the same type and grade of tumor? I know the stage will depend how quickly it's found. Thanks. Just curious.
Belinda -- Diagnosed 4/23/2012 with IDC Stage IA, 1.5 CM, Grade 1. Ductal carcinoma at same site. Lumpectomy/Sentinel Node 5/17/12-Clear Margins/Nodes. ER+/PR+ HER-
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Jun 10, 2012 10:40 PM coraleliz wrote:
I think that with metastisis, they "change expression" 25-30% of the time. Which means your initial tumor might have been ER+ but the met won't be. Same goes for PR & Her2. This is what I remember reading when I was "newly diagnosed" & "doing way too much reading"?
Dx 2/28/2011, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 1, 2/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-