Hi. I’m new to the group. I had breast surgery 3 weeks ago to remove invasive cancer plus aggressive DCIs stage 3. They removed 6 nodes at the same time. I am Her2 positive and oestrogen heavy. I went back last week for my results and was told that 5 nodes were clear but there was a small amount of cancer in 1 node so they are deciding whether to do further surgery or blast with radiotherapy. I have been told I will need a course of chemotherapy then radiotherapy then hormone therapy then a year of targeted therapy- 3 weekly injections for the next year. I go back tomorrow for more results. This seems a LOT of treatment. Anyone else in the same position ?
Hi. Did you have a mastectomy or lumpectomy?
I had lymph node biopsy also which showed 1 out of 3 nodes affected so I had full axillary node clearance where all nodes were clear luckily.
I think that treatment plan is normal for HER2 positive from reading on here and hearing what others had. I was HER2 negative so a bit different.
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