Hi,I am Dr. Shanthi.E (General & Family Physician). I will be looking into your question and guiding you through the process. Please write your question below.
Mom had HER 2 positive breast cancer 2 yrs. ago. Took 12 chemo treatments & 21 radiation treatments & had lumpectomy. When she was done with chemo she took Herceptin every 3 weeks. Was just about done with radiation when she found another lump. This time it was one with a different protein that chemo or radiation wouldn't work on. It ended up being a very small tumor on her lymph node. We all decide as a family for her to have a right-sided mastectomy & she had 13 lymph nodes removed. The Surgeon said he got it all. She'll see Oncologist next week & is scared she will have to go through chemo again. I think maybe she'll just have to go on Herceptin as a preventative measure. She's also scared more tumor will come back to other places. Do you have any advice Doctor. Thank you.
Sun, 15 Jan 2017
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