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posted 03/18/2009, comments (4)

When Even the Experts Disagree…Who Benefits from Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Data presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium show that basically all women with HER2+ breast cancers benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy/Herceptin due to their worse prognosis. In my mind, however, there is no more controversial area in breast cancer than in which patients truly benefit from receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, among women... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/09/2009, comments (0)

All HER2 Positive Breast Cancers Should Get Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Herceptin

From the San Antonio Breast Conference in December, new data shows a higher than predicted rate of breast cancer recurrence even with very small breast cancers that are HER2 positive. The data is from the first large study to analyze early-stage breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumors one centimeter or smaller. All these women would... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/14/2009, comments (0)

Reading your Pathology Report: HER2 Status, Growth Fraction, Angiolymphatic Invasion

In my previous two posts on understanding your pathology report, we covered histology, margin status, grade, as well as size, lymph node status, Estrogen Receptor and Progesterone Receptor. Now I'll cover just a few more items to finish up our tour of the breast cancer pathology report, including HER2 Status, how fast the cancer is dividing, and... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/22/2008, comments (0)

Treatment for Metastatic, Recurrent Breast Cancer - HER2 Status and Getting a Biopsy of a Metastatic Site

Sometimes, things do not go as we like and breast cancer returns in a different site from the breast - a metastatic site. It's what patients all fear with each little ache and pain, and what your oncologist looks for at each follow up visit. Less common these days is the patient who presents with metastatic disease at the outset - this can be... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/19/2008, comments (4)

Pity Party (just a short one!!) - Side effect woes.

Hi Everybody, It has been a bit of a tough couple of months. First of all the tamoxifin was a no-go...it made me very sick...running to the bathroom...nausea, diarrhea...kind of sick...so they switched me to arimadex...now I am having major joint pain, headaches...and did I mention the blistery rashes I sometimes get, or the tiredness I... Read more Chevron

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