Numbers raising on ladies with HER 2?

[Guest guest]

I had my visit with my oncologist today and told him

that all the information I have read about HER 2 is

that 20-25% of women have it, but it seemed as if I

was running into more women here at the Mc Cancer

Center who had it and were taking Herceptin. He

agreed and I asked him if there was something in the

water that was making more women positive and we both

laughed. He said that it has only been recently (5

years) that they have been testing for HER 2 and that

is the reason why more women are HER 2 positive. I

told him that it appears as if the community needs to

readjust their figures and he agreed. If that is the

case, then I feel very comfortable not being in the

small percentages of women who tested positive. I

mean " safety in numbers " .

Are most of you on here HER 2 positive?

Anita

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[Guest guest]

Hi Anita,

I'm her2+,er/pr-

Maybe you run into more her2 plus women at the center because we spend

more time there between chemo + herceptin!

Most early stage er/pr+ women don't need chemo.

And later stage er/pr+,her2- and er/pr-,her2+ women are done with chemo

and other IV treatment sooner since they don't need a year of herceptin.

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[Guest guest]

Hi there

yes im her2+ but I wasn't tested for it until I was diagnosed with liver

mets 6mths ago ,the original tumour removed from my breast(DCIS) 3 and a

half years ago wasn't tested at that time .

Sharon from the UK

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[Guest guest]

Sharon....I had breast cancer 20 years ago, left mastectomy...cancer returned 6

mos. ago, metast. to liver 2 large tumors, i ignored them for 2 years, chemo

and God has shrunk the 2 turmors and one at portal has disappeared \Praise

God...still on chemo and neulasta. God Bless annamaryjordan@...

sharon shazbaxt@...> wrote: Hi there

yes im her2+ but I wasn't tested for it until I was diagnosed with liver

mets 6mths ago ,the original tumour removed from my breast(DCIS) 3 and a

half years ago wasn't tested at that time .

Sharon from the UK

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[Guest guest]

Her/neu2++ here too!

[Guest guest]

Anita,

yup, I'm Her2+ as well......seems quite a few of us are....

Darlene

Anita gedwed_2@...> wrote:

I had my visit with my oncologist today and told him

that all the information I have read about HER 2 is

that 20-25% of women have it, but it seemed as if I

was running into more women here at the Mc Cancer

Center who had it and were taking Herceptin. He

agreed and I asked him if there was something in the

water that was making more women positive and we both

laughed. He said that it has only been recently (5

years) that they have been testing for HER 2 and that

is the reason why more women are HER 2 positive. I

told him that it appears as if the community needs to

readjust their figures and he agreed. If that is the

case, then I feel very comfortable not being in the

small percentages of women who tested positive. I

mean " safety in numbers " .

Are most of you on here HER 2 positive?

Anita

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[Guest guest]

Her2 7.2 amplied on the FISH test. IHC H2++

Ruth

PS nne do we have the capacity to do polls on this site? I don't

see the option on the left. Her2 status would be a great subject for

a poll

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[Guest guest]

yes, we should find more options for her2+++ patient,in case Herceptin fails,

and what

new research is going on to treat this disease,

Thanks,

Anjana Gupat

ruthiema36 ruthiema36@...> wrote:

Her2 7.2 amplied on the FISH test. IHC H2++

Ruth

PS nne do we have the capacity to do polls on this site? I don't

see the option on the left. Her2 status would be a great subject for

a poll

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