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treatment and prognosis
by carol05, Jul 16, 2009 08:53PM
I have been diagnosed with invasive ductile carcinoma with the lump measuring 2.5 cm. My Estrogen is positive and HER2 negative. My PET scan was clear, other than the lump. An area of calcification in the same breast was biopsied and found to be benign. What type of treatment after surgery do you think I will need and what would my prognosis most likely be?
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by japdip, Jul 16, 2009 10:06PM
, Jul 16, 2009 10:06PMTo: Carol05
Treatment will be formulated by your Oncologist using ALL the information available concerning your particular case. I would doubt Chemo since there was no lymph node inolvement but anything else would be a guess .... i prefer not to guess with only limited information. I would say that you will definitely be put on hormone therapy, probably Tamoxifen, for 5 years following surgery and any other treatment. Regards ...
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