when is the ER+/- etc testing done?

[Guest guest]

I looked over the path report from my biopsies that my surgeon gave me,

but I only see mention of the DCIS, IDC, and Type III (based on 8/9 of

scoring meitosis, etc.)

Is the other information determined from the tissue taken at time of

surgery? I know that the state isn't completely determined until they

can examine lymph nodes and evaluate if there's been metastasis.

Ann

[Guest guest]

My er, pr status, as well as my her2 status was contained in the

pathology report i received after surgery.

marisa

>

> I looked over the path report from my biopsies that my surgeon gave

me,

> but I only see mention of the DCIS, IDC, and Type III (based on 8/9

of

> scoring meitosis, etc.)

>

> Is the other information determined from the tissue taken at time of

> surgery? I know that the state isn't completely determined until

they

> can examine lymph nodes and evaluate if there's been metastasis.

>

> Ann

>

[Guest guest]

>

> I looked over the path report from my biopsies that my surgeon gave me,

> but I only see mention of the DCIS, IDC, and Type III (based on 8/9 of

> scoring meitosis, etc.)

>

> Is the other information determined from the tissue taken at time of

> surgery? I know that the state isn't completely determined until they

> can examine lymph nodes and evaluate if there's been metastasis.

>

> Ann

>

I can only speak to my own, but they sent my biopsy samples to Genzyme

for the ER, PR, and Her2 status testing. I got those about 3 weeks

after the biopsy, while the path report only took about a week.

[Guest guest]

My estrogen/progesterone status was determined from the biopsy. The

Her2 testing, after much reminding and bitching was done on the tumor

after mastectomy. The hospital, where I had the mastectomy, was the

only one in the area that didn't do it routenely and the surgeon

" forgot " to order it so I didn't have it till 5 weeks after surgery.

Thanks to me the hospital has come into the 21st century and is doing

it on all breast tumors, like the other hospitals!

Ruth

>

> I looked over the path report from my biopsies that my surgeon gave me,

> but I only see mention of the DCIS, IDC, and Type III (based on 8/9 of

> scoring meitosis, etc.)

>

> Is the other information determined from the tissue taken at time of

> surgery? I know that the state isn't completely determined until they

> can examine lymph nodes and evaluate if there's been metastasis.

>

> Ann

>