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Triple Positive IDC > No neoadjuvant chemotherapy offered??
Hi Everyone, I wanted to explain my situation and hoping anyone in the same situation could answer my questions.. SUPER stressed ! 🙄 I was diagnosed in September 2023 with Triple Positive IDC, ER+ 90%, PR+ 50%, and HER2+ (3+). So Anatomic stage 2B.. Now here is the deal… the biopsy and initial tests showed a mass of…
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New here - First post - RIB PAIN
Hi everyone. First time posting so I’m not actually really sure what I’m doing. I just need someone to talk to. I’m 35 - I was DX in June last year. HER2+ only. Stage 3. SMX - full response to chemotherapy- PCR Ive been having pain in my Ribs on my left hand side ( same side as my cancer was ) since October. ( before…
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NEED YOUR KIND HELP WITH PATHOLOGY REPORT >> SUSPICIOUS FOR MARGIN INVOLVEMENT ??
Hello Everyone, I was reading my pathology report (after lumpectomy) once again, and I am starting to wonder if I should ask my BS to perform a re-excision. The margins from the IDC component look pretty good. However, a suspicious margin involvement from the DCIS part of it is having me worried. My BS kind of dismissed my…
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Changing chemo drug
Hello, my mom is currently going thru chemo. She had her first chemo few weeks ago “TC”. And she ended up going to ER, admitted in the hospital because of colitis. per the oncologist, chemo caused the colitis. Now she is giving us two options either stick to taxotere but less dose (every 3 week) or change to taxol (weekly)…
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Herceptin - Quick Side Effects Poll
Hi, This is a quick & easy resource for the people who are going to begin Herceptin and the people already on Herceptin. If you are looking for what others have experienced, this is the place. If you are DONE with chemo (or else the side effects are too tangled), please briefly list your Herceptin side effects and state…
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Radiation after masectomy
I was diagnosed 8/2023 with 1b stage breast cancer. tumor 2.1 cm now reduced after 5 rounds of chemo to 1.8cm. Had 3 lymph nodes with cancer, after ultrasound now appear normal. Before chemo there was something working in left breast but biopsy was not performed but now gone after chemo. I am estrogen positive,…
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Biopsy (HER2 3+) vs Surgical specimen (HER2 0)? What this means?
Hi all, I'm new on this forum. I have this dilemma about my HER2 status. Pathology report from biopsy gives HER2 3+, while pathology report from surgical specimen is HER2 0. This is very strange as these two results for HER2 are completely the opposite. Is this theoretically possible and what that means, especially in…
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Stage IV ER+, PR- and HER2+
Hello, I was wondering if there are others who are also dealing with Stage IV breast cancer that is ER+ (2%), PR-, and HER2+ and has spread to their bones. Recently diagnosed earlier this year and completed six cycles of PACL(W)+PERT+TRAS and am currently receiving PERT+TRAS every three weeks. I'm interested in learning…
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Question about Residual Disease
Hi. I finished Kadcyla this past April. My original diagnosis was October 2021, triple positive, Stage 2, pathogenic ATM gene variant. Started chemo (first Taxotere then Taxol (every week) plus Herceptin and Perjeta (every 3 weeks). Mastectomy in March 2022. There was residual disease so I had to start Kadcyla in June…
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My Stroke During Herceptin Treatment
Every three injections of Herceptin I have an electrocardiogram to check the heart function is not affected. Herceptin is the drug of choice to prevent HER2 breast cancer recurrence. My last electro cardiogram during treatment showed a weakness in the heart function, and treatment was suspended for the heart to recover.…
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HER2 negative but actually a low positive and neratinib
I'm making a list of questions for my oncologist appointment coming up and in looking at posts relative to metformin I came across neratinib. I realize the metformin trial ended up demonstrating that it was not beneficial in lessening recurrence rates. But apparently neratinib trials were because it was approved by the FDA…
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Any one Triple Positive 10+ year out?
Any one Triple Positive 10+ year out?
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Enhertu side effects
Hello, I am diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. zi was on Kadcyla, Nerlynx, and Capecitabine and was doing good. However, nasty cancer has come back. I had 3 seizures. I am on Enhertu now. It is my 9th treatment and the side effects are bad. I slept for a few days. I can't get up to do general things. my brain feels…
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advice and help
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New treatment
My questions are based on the information below: 2007 IDC 1.6cm, er/pr-, Her2 very positive. Lumpectomy followed by AC/THP and radiation. 2021 reoccurrence, diagnosis identical to 1st time (except this time 1cm), same breast, almost same location. Dmx, THP. Questions:1) Are there any other treatments I should have had, or…
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Anyone enrolling in DESTINY Breast05 (HER2+, no PCR)?
I will have surgery at the end of January, beginning of February. The primary lesion still feels hard to touch so I am expecting some cells lingering between scar tissue there, preparing for no PCR and if PCR comes, it will be a nice surprise for me (I'd be so grateful). I was checking my options for no PCR and it seems…
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HER2- BT and HER2+ LN: Anomaly. Who knows anything about this?
How can I have both a HER- BT (breast tumor) rated “Equivocal” and a HER2+ LN (lymph node) at 50% positive? If the assumption in current cancer medicine (2023) is that breast cancer begins in the breast and spreads to the lymph node as I’m told is the case; how is it possible to have the above diagnosis? I’ve been told…
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Looking for Her2 Positive survivor stories
Hello, I was dx in February with Her2+ BC. I went through the chemo, the mastectomy and now in the midst of radiation. I will finish that in December and will be on the Herceptin through March. I, like so many BC survivors, have a constant fear of metastisis. I can't shake it. I think what I need is to read stories of…
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Almost made it to 10 years...new LCIS DCIS diagnosis
This ain't my first rodeo. I haven't been on this forum for a while. I was diagnosed with ILC HER2Neu triple positive (rare, i know) in 2012 in my left breast ,had 37 radiation treatments and a lumpectomy and had been free and clear..until June 22, 2022 when I flunked my annual mammogram. Suspicious calcifications in my…
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Questions for your "end-of-treatment" oncologist appointment?
What questions did you ask your oncologist, at your final visit after chemo/treatment? And/or what information should I hope to get? My last HP is on Thursday, and I'll have an end-of-treatment visit with my oncologist while I'm there. Any tips or suggestions?
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Starting Neratinib (Nerlynx)
I was dx early stage, node negative, triple positive in the summer of 2021. I did 12 weeks of taxol and a year of Herceptin. I had a lumpectomy, re-excision and three weeks of radiation. I’m starting neratinib early March and wonder how others have experienced the first few months on it, especially with the slow increase…
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Vaccine Phase 1 approved
Her2+ vaccinesomeone sent me an article of a phase 1 vaccine passing for Her2+ . What is everyone’s thoughts?
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Dentist appointment while on Herceptin?
Hi - has anyone had a dentist appointment, while on Herceptin, Perjeta, or Phesgo? My chemo ended in April, but I'm on Phesgo until Feb. Phesgo is just injectible Herceptin plus Perjeta. I have a dentist appointment on Tuesday (checkup with cleaning). Just wondering whether anyone had any problems. Thanks!
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Lab results
My liver enzymes have been elevated since staring taxol herceptin weekly. After #6 tx noticed some bloating lower abdomen as side effect. I had # 7 today the NP orders abdominal liver scan just wondered If anyone else on this tx has this issue. Now kind of worried. I am 1c grade 3 no lymph node involvement has lumpectomy…
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Enhertu's Benes Conf. for HER2+ MBC; Could Help Early Stages
Enhertu's Benefits Confirmed for Metastatic, HER2-Positive Breast Cancer; Could Help Treat Early-Stage Disease Dec 14, 2022 Updated results from the DESTINY-Breast02 and DESTINY-Breast03 studies confirmed the benefits of Enhertu for previously treated metastatic, HER2-positive breast cancer, and results from the TALENT…
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Paid survey for Her2+ early stage
Hello! I wanted to let anyone interested know that RC Horowitz is looking for earlier stage, being Stage I, II, or III, Her2+ participants for a paid survey. I have done surveys with this company since 2020, and I have a great relationship with them. I will place the information below. I do not work for them. This is for…
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Her2 positive, ER negative ,PR negative
I am interested to hear from folks who have this specific sub type and compare notes. I was diagnosed 6/2021 with L. Breast Ca Stage 11B, 2 positive nodes. Ki-67 90%. Had neoadjuvant TCHP x 6 July’21, double mastectomy 11/21, (tissue expanders, exchange to implants hopefully November 22) followed by Phesgo every 3 wks…
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Denovo Her2 +++
Denova ladies, 1. How long were you on Herceptin and perjeta before ( if) you had progression? 2. If no progression, how long have you been Ned or stable? 3. Who all has gone off treatment? This has probable been asked before but I couldn't find it. Thank you sisters. I am grateful for the support.
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ATEMPT Clinical Trial - Roll Call
The ATEMPT clinical trial has been going on for several years. Are you participating? The recruiting period is over. The planned participant level of 500 has been met.
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Surgery before chemo, for a large-ish HER2+ tumor?
Hi - I was recently diagnosed with ER-/PR-/HER2+++ IDC/ILC. Largest tumor is about 3 cm, and at least one lymph node is positive (was biopsied). Has anyone here with a similar diagnosis been given the option of having surgery first, and chemo afterward?