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Triple Positive
Hi, Just wondering if anyone out there is triple positive. I'm triple positive and HER2 positive. I was diagnosed in January, have had surgery now currently doing chemo. I have read various articles ...
Yes I'm triple positive..that is estrogen pos, progesterone pos and Her2 pos. Although triple positive tumours are oftentimes more aggressive than triple negative ones, there is a plus side. Herceptin is a targeted therapy (as opposed to chemo alone, which is more of a shotgun approach). Herceptin whacks the Her2 aspect really hard. Then after active treatment, that is chemo, radiotherapy, or surgery (or all three) you have the hormone suppressors. That starves any possible remaining cells of their food....female hormones. There is no 'good' breast cancer...all are just awful, but triple positive has potentially five arrows in the quiver rather than just three.