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Hello everyone My mom was dx in November 2010. She is in her Chemo courses and only 2 sessions left. She is so well now and is very hopefull.My little niece makes her so happy and she is planning for the ceremony of her first birthday. Since she was dx I've explored in this site in different cathegories but sisters with…
Hi All, Starting a new Kadcyla thread as there wasn't one before. I will be starting Kadcyla soon as there was residual disease from surgery pathology report. Kadcyla for 14 cycles is what is recommended. Any of you who have already been on Kadcyla please share how it is going for you.
Hi ladies, I was wondering if there are any women out there who are 10 years or longer with her2 positive breast cancer? When I was diagnosed in 2008, my prognosis said '80% chance of no recurrence in 10 years'. Wondered what they based this on, as I have yet to talk to anyone past 6-8 years and they seem to have had…
I just recently finished surgery and pathology. Imaging showed a complete response. But then path comes back as RCB 3! I had 2 nodes with extranodal extention and now have to go back for alnd. What the heck 😭 I need encouragement and maybe long term survivor stories. I’m 43 w 3 small daughters.
This is primarily for people who find themselves with THREE +'s by their diagnosis. If you are new to breast cancer, please click on the link below and read. It is "What I Wish I Knew At the Beginning of Treatment." http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/6/topic/797454
Hello from Tokyo. I am currently undergoing treatment for Her2+++(ER+1%) The preoperative regimen is 12 doses of weekly paclitaxel and 4 doses of Phesgo every 3 weeks, and if the tumor does not disappear, EC will be added. I searched on X and found that there was one woman in Osaka,Japan who underwent a clinical trial of…
Hi. I'm glad I found this forum. I just turned 63, and in mid-January, I went for my mammogram, and they told me I had 3mm calcifications that "were probably nothing." It wasn't nothing. A biopsy showed HER-2-positive cancer (negative for estrogen and progesterone). I had surgery a week ago. Invasive Ductal Carcinoma,…
Hello, Just dx with heart damage due to adriamycin use in 2005. I was dx with Stage 1 bc, ER-PR- Her2+++. Had lumpectomy, chemo ACT then 10 months of Herceptin (had to stop twice due to low muga scores). Radiation. Had genetic testing Pos Braca 1 so had bilateral overies removed then bilateral mastectomy with silicone…
Hello everyone! I’ve been going through some of the posts not quite ready to join in but I’m starting treatment soon and it feels right. I just turned 40 and was diagnosed in January with stage 1 triple positive IDC. After a lumpectomy they found 1 positive lymph node which oddly didn’t change my staging - the surgeon was…
ER 3+/PR 1+/HER 3 +! Still trying to get over the shock! Met with the Nurse Navigator today and got the results.. Am scheduled with the surgeon for April 20 and the nurse is trying to schedule an MRI for next week and see about moving the surgical appointment up. Sounds like Chemo before surgery (the tumor is sitting on…
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