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viking1
Member
8 years ago

Stages of Cancer ... just found out ... what does this really mean?

I suddenly feel like I have just been newly diagnosed again.  Since original diagnosis in June I was told I had 'early cancer' - ER neg, PR neg and HER2 pos, grade three.  Had the lumpectomy and all l...
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Afraser
Member
8 years ago
My diagnosis was similar to you, stage 2, but the tumour was larger and required a mastectomy. 17 nodes removed, one positive, chemo and herceptin. I hope my oncologist will sign me off as 5 years no evidence of disease next month. So take heart, the words are not quite what you thought but the prognosis hadn't changed!