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Moochum
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5 years ago

Understanding pathology terminology in overseas diagnosis of breast cancer

I am 3 years post breast cancer surgery and have just found out that a family member overseas has been diagnosed with malignant breast cancer. The pathology report states Nottingham Grade 3 and I woul...
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primek
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5 years ago
The grade is about how different the cancer cell looks from a normal cell. As it continues to mutate and divide it continues to change. Grade 3 are common in rapid dividing cells and respond well to chemo. My cancer was small but a grade 3 and it's ki67 (rate of divide) was very rapid as mine was Her2+.